Premature Babies Cost Families and Businesses Millions
According to the March of Dimes, 1,372 babies of the 13,000 born each year in the Ozarks are premature.
Tanzania: Stakeholders Push to Reduce Infant Mortality
Tanzania committed to the ‘Every Newborn Action Plan and the Sharpened One Plan’ strategies, which if fully implemented, would help reduce maternal and newborn deaths.
‘ROP affects about 30-50 per cent of premature babies in India’
Avascular and immature retina at birth of a premature baby is vulnerable to external insults of postnatal care as well as postnatal and prenatal growth.
India: High neonatal deaths in Bihar worry doctors
Bihar accounts for the second highest neonatal deaths in India, with 80,000 newborn kids dying annually in the state. Out of these, 20% deaths take place due to asphyxia. All these deaths are preventable, say doctors.
Bangladesh: Keeping newborn warm in winter
Experts from World Health Organisation (WHO) and Saving Newborn Lives initiative of Save the Children have recommended the following actions for proper postnatal care.
India: Software to Rescue Preterm Babies
A new software is expected to increase the chances of survival of preterm and low birth weight babies.
Superbugs’ Kill India’s Babies and Pose an Overseas Threat
“Our hypothesis is that resistant infections in newborns may be originating from the maternal genital tract and not just the environment,” Dr. Vinod Paul said in an interview.
Lancet, UN call for renewed commitment to improve newborn babies, maternal health
It said that Ethiopia is currently ranked 6th in the world as having the greatest potential to save maternal, prenatal and neonatal lives by 2025.
Nepal: Born too soon
The prevailing fatalistic attitude that exists in Nepal also reflects people’s acceptance that many babies are born to inevitably die.
India: Strengthening care of the newborn
In a commendable move, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare authorised auxiliary nurse midwives to administer a pre-referral dose of antenatal corticosteroids to women and injectable antibiotics to babies for suspected sepsis.