Bangladesh: Child mortality drops as Special Care Newborn Unit are saving babies

Bangladesh HNN Team

By 2015, UNICEF plans to support the upgrading of SCANUs in nine more hospitals in managing sick newborns.

Join the live webcast for Putting Mothers and Babies First

HNN Team

Join us with The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for Putting Mothers and Babies First: Benefits across a lifetime – a panel discussion presented in collaboration with The GroundTruth Project and GlobalPost.

12 new convening partners join the Global Maternal and Newborn Health Conference 2015

HNN Team

Join the Secretariat of Health of Mexico and 15 other convening partners in Mexico City, October 18 to 21, for a landmark technical conference to discuss strategies for reaching every mother and newborn with high-quality health care.

Alain Nteff, the 23-year-old savior of Cameroon’s mothers and babies

Cameroon HNN Team

Alain Nteff got the idea after witnessing several mothers and newborns die from conditions that could have been predicted and managed with proper antenatal care.

10 young children die in 10-hour span at Bangladesh hospital

Bangladesh HNN Team

The children, ranging in age from 1 day to 3 1/2 years old, had been admitted with a variety of ailments, including malnutrition, infections and pneumonia.

Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development Announces Round 5 Call for Innovative Solutions to Prevent Infant & Maternal Deaths

HNN Team

Today, the Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development partners launched their fifth call for groundbreaking, sustainable innovations to save the lives of mothers and newborns in the hardest to reach corners of the world.

Better Bath Rituals Is One Way Bangladesh Is Saving Its Newborns

Bangladesh HNN Team

“through our work and other organizations, and the government, people now have a strong belief that there is a way out, if you act quickly.”

Saving lives: AKU inaugurates its newly expanded neonatal unit

Pakistan HNN Team

With 24 more beds, Aga Khan University Hospital’s (AKUH) expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) opened its doors on Wednesday, enabling the hospital to treat a greater number of critically ill or premature newborn babies.

Study shows salivary biomarkers predict oral feeding readiness in preterm newborns

United States of America HNN Team

Results from a study published online in the Journal of Pediatrics hold the potential to substantially improve clinical decision-making to determine when a premature newborn is ready for oral feeding.

United States Pledges $1 Billion to help Immunize 300 Million Additional Children by 2020

HNN Team

Providing new and underutilized vaccines to the world’s poorest countries is a key driver in ending preventable child deaths by 2035.