Lancet Study Calls for Action to Prevent Millions of Newborn Deaths

India HNN Team

“Our findings show that there is an urgent unmet need to provide timely, high-quality care for both mother and baby around the time of birth.”

Save the Children Awards Best Newborn Health Journalists on World Press Freedom Day

Malawi

In an event organised by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter, Save the Children awarded two journalists for outstanding coverage of newborn health issues in their media platforms.

Disasters Could Dent Progress for Moms, Babies in the Philippines

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Vietnam HNN Team

“While it is too soon to predict how many lives will be lost due to Haiyan, past experience suggests many more young children could die in 2014 due to deteriorating conditions than were killed outright by the storm,” the report notes.

Nepal better place to be a mother: Report

Nepal HNN Team

Nepal has made significant progress in Save the Children´s 2015 Mother Index by rising five spots ovetaking Bhutan to reach 116th out of 178 countries globally.

Nepal now safer‚ better place for mothers‚ says report

Nepal, India, Pakistan HNN Team

Nepal rose five spots on Save the Children’s 2015 Mothers’ Index, overtaking Bhutan to reach 116th out of 178 countries globally.

Bangladesh betters its position

Bangladesh HNN Team

This year’s report focuses on mothers in humanitarian crises. For Bangladesh, it says that the country has always been vulnerable to cyclones and seasonal floods.

Pakistan: ‘Govt to regularise services of midwives, LHWs within a week’

Pakistan HNN Team

Considering the nature of their job and the low pay, the long-standing demand by the LHWs and CMWs of Sindh for the regularisation of their services is more than justified.

Clean delivery stressed to control high newborn mortality

Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Kenya HNN Team

Health experts in Pakistan say that both prevention and treatment efforts are required to address the high burden of newborn sepsis.

Balochistan regularises services of over 7,000 lady health workers

Pakistan HNN Team

The government said it was aware of the difficulties faced by lady health workers and community midwives and recognised their efforts for helping mothers and children in need of urgent medical attention.

Q&A with Ishtiaq Mannan: Preventing Newborn Deaths

Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan HNN Team

“Two thirds of Bangladeshi mothers that are still delivering at home at the hand of unskilled providers.”