Pakistan: Maternal, neonatal mortality: Low-cost innovations can save lives

Pakistan HNN Team

Most often the best excuse the government advances for the failure is financial constraint, but there are cost-effective innovations and methods that could help save millions of lives.

Patojitos: New MAMA Member Launches MNCH Program in Guatemala

Guatemala HNN Team

New pilot project aims to look at different interventions that could help support breastfeeding practices among mothers in Guatemala through the use of mobile technology.

Two Weeks Since Typhoon Haiyan, Save the Children says Breast Milk Critical to Health of 25,000 Newborns Expected in Disaster Areas Within the Next Month

Philippines HNN Team

“Breastfeeding is critical for newborn babies, especially following a disaster like Typhoon Haiyan, which has had a devastating impact on the Philippines.”

More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival

Ethiopia, Indonesia, Somalia, Tanzania, United Republic of HNN Team

Retention of midwives, especially in rural areas, is a major challenge for many countries, one that threatens to negate all the hard work and resources invested in their training.

Higher breastfeeding rates likely with early skin-to-skin contact

United States of America HNN Team

The intention to breastfeed and skin-to-skin contact were significantly related to exclusive breastfeeding, independent of maternal age, mode of delivery, parity and gestational age.

Malawi Commended for Its Safe Motherhood Initiatives

Malawi HNN Team

The meeting agreed that the best way for caring for the low birth weight and preterm babies is through Kangaroo Mother Care which Malawi is championing unlike the incubator system where the baby is kept at a hospital.

Breast milk protein may be key to protecting babies from HIV infection

HNN Team

A substance in breast milk that neutralizes HIV and may protect babies from acquiring HIV from their infected mothers has been identified for the first time by researchers at Duke Medicine.

Health volunteers help mothers and their newborn babies in Kawergosk refugee camp, Iraq

Iraq HNN Team

UNICEF is training medical volunteers to recognize the danger signs for newborns and advise mothers on the essential elements of newborn care, including exclusive breastfeeding.

Pakistan: Infant Health: ‘Breastfeeding statistics very discouraging’

Pakistan HNN Team

“According to a 2011 multiple-indicator cluster survey 22 per cent mothers in Pakistan had breast-fed their children up to six months,” said EVERY ONE Campaign Manager Muhammad Naveed.

Effective implementation of breastfeeding code urged

Pakistan HNN Team

Save the Children and the EVERY ONE Campaign launches new report on breastfeeding in Pakistan at event with members of the National Assembly and the Minister of Health of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.