Ghana: Maternal & Newborn Coalition demand action on Tema General Hospital

Ghana HNN Team

Members of the MamaYe Advocacy Coalition have expressed their displeasure at the increasing rate of maternal and newborn deaths in government hospitals.

Emergency preparedness pays off as Kathmandu hospitals respond to earthquakes

Nepal HNN Team

In Nepal, hospital retrofitting, which involves everything from repairing cracks in walls to installing seismic belts and roof bracing, has been a core part of preparedness plans.

Nigeria: Dearth of Midwives, Threat to Maternal/Child Survival – Bauchi PHCDA

Nigeria HNN Team

Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says that the 3 tiers of government and stakeholders in the health sector need to ensure the deployment of midwives with adequate remuneration to rural areas where most of the maternal and newborn deaths occur.

New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

Nepal HNN Team

Women and girls are among the most vulnerable. UNFPA has rushed the delivery of reproductive health kits, which contain the supplies required to support safe childbirth.

Nepal: Over 50,000 pregnant women affected from quake: UNFPA

Nepal HNN Team

“In times of upheaval or natural disasters, pregnancy-related deaths and gender-based violence soar,” said Priya Marwh, UNFPA ’s humanitarian response coordinator in Asia and the Pacific.

Caesarean sections should only be performed when medically necessary says WHO

HNN Team

WHO publishes statement on the rates of caesarean section, and proposes use of Robson classification system.

‘Helping Babies Survive’, new survival package for Asian countries launched in Bangladesh

Bangladesh HNN Team

Leading experts, government officials, representatives from the UN agencies and USAID have rolled out a new newborn survival package for the Asian countries in Dhaka.

Bangladesh: Improving newborn survival

Bangladesh HNN Team

Implementation of CNCP in Kushtia district has been recently launched in Dhaka by the Directorates of Health Services (DGHS) and Directorates of Family Planning (DGFP) with technical support from Saving Newborn Lives Programme of Save the Children.

Del Mar Rotary medical training project improves odds for newborns in Ethiopia

Ethiopia HNN Team

During this first phase of the project, the team trained 17 health care professionals in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.

Bangladesh: CNCP Launched to Improve Newborn Survival

Bangladesh HNN Team

This package will be implemented in Kushtia with technical support from SNL, Save the Children in Bangladesh to measure the strength of implementation so that those interventions could be implemented at scale within the existing government system later on.