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Africa: 'No Excuse' for Newborn Death Rate
allAfrica, 19 May 2014
A series of papers published on Tuesday is laying the ground for concerted international action to reduce deaths among newborn babies - which reach their highest levels in… Read more »
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Africa: 'We Can Save Newborns' - Melinda Gates
allAfrica, 20 May 2014
Amid a renewed push by a coalition of organizations to reduce high death rates among newborns, the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation answered questions from… Read more »
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Africa: 'Insist to the World that Every Baby Born Will be a Promise Kept'
allAfrica, 20 May 2014
Mr. President, Director-General Dr. Chan, First Lady Dr. Christine Kaseba-Sata, Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen. Read more »
Renewed Focus on Saving Newborn Lives
The British medical journal The Lancet has published a series of papers asserting what public health experts have been learning - that it is possible and affordable to save the lives of most newborn babies who now die from preventable causes. The 'Every Newborn' series provides comprehensive data for 195 countries regarding neonatal deaths, stillbirths, rankings for countries, rates of progress and coverage of birth certification. Experts say over 70 percent of newborn deaths can be prevented.Video
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21 May 2014
Turning Grief into Action to Save Babies - Toyin Saraki
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Toyin Saraki is founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a pan-African maternal health and wellbeing charity. She tells AllAfrica ... see more »
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21 May 2014
Empower Women - Save Babies! - Toyin Saraki
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Toyin Saraki of Nigeria is founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a pan-African maternal and child health and wellbeing charity. ... see more »
An infant receives a dose of oral polio vaccine during a routine immunization session, at the Henriette Konan Bedie Community Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Documents
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19 May 2014
Every Newborn
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Following The Lancet Neonatal Survival Series in 2005,this Every Newborn Series presents the clearest picture so far of the ongoing slow progress in ... see more »
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Toyin Saraki's efforts on behalf of mother and child survival are part of a growing global push to invest in the health of women and their families. Read more »
