Getting a Bigger Bang for Our Global Health Bucks With Frontline Workers | Commentary
Ethiopia, Indonesia, United States of America
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Americans should feel proud of the incredible global health advances the United States has led. But we can do even more with our modest but impactful global health investments.
New KGH breathing equipment will help premature babies
United States of America
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Bubble CPAP — in which bubbling water is involved in generating the pressure — is regarded as especially effective for newborns. It’s noninvasive, with a nasal mask or nasal prongs delivering the warm, moisturized oxygen and air mixtures.
How can kangaroo mother care benefit my newborn?
United States of America
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Once parents experience skin to skin, these fears go away once they realize that it’s the most fabulous feeling in the world because they see the baby’s response to it. The baby’s oxygen levels and temperature will improve once he or she is resting on a parent.
Plastic Bags to Keep Premature Babies Warm
Zambia, United States of America
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The skin of premature babies is very thin, and water evaporates quickly through it, sometimes leading to life-threatening heat loss, especially in a poor country where heat on neonatal wards can be unsteady.
Research will target Ohio’s early births
United States of America
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Universities and hospitals participating in the project will call upon a diverse group of researchers, including those in fields not tapped for this kind of work before: evolutionary biologists, mathematicians, sociologists, psychologists and biomedical engineers.
Women Deliver post—2015
To document progress, barriers, and opportunities in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, the journal’s research section has been expanded to accommodate six studies; more will be published online.
Why are moms in America lagging?
United States of America
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In Save the Children’s annual index on the State of the World’s Mothers, the U.S. fell from 25 to 30 this year, says Carolyn Miles.
DR Congo toughest place for mothers – Save the Children
Nigeria, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, India, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Central African Republic, United States of America
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The charity compared factors such as maternal health, child mortality, education and income in 176 countries.
World’s Mothers Report: We Need To Lower Newborn Deaths
Nepal, United States of America
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“If we really want to drive down child mortality overall, we have to move that newborn number faster,” says Carolyn Miles, president and CEO of Save the Children.
Alaska tops U.S. in infant, neonatal survival rates
United States of America
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A newly released summary by the American Academy of Pediatrics showed the continuation of a promising trend for Alaska in the last full set of statistics available from 2010.