'Babies Dying Gets Me Where It Hurts'
Most of the methods to save the life of a newborn - like antiseptic for the umbilical cord - are simple, but three million babies die a year. The first Global Newborn Health Conference held in Johannesburg gathered hundreds of global health researchers, policymakers, civil society leaders, program managers, health practitioners, and newborn champions to discuss how to improve the poor statistics on newborn health.
Newborn twins at a clinic in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa.
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Africa:
Global Newborn Action ...With a Plan
Gates Foundation, 16 April 2013
"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans." Truer words were never spoken. We take those words to heart as hundreds of global health researchers,… Read more »
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South Africa:
Educating Mothers to End Newborn Deaths
IPS, 23 April 2013
A young mother - who only wants to be identified as Karren - beamed as she nursed her newborn baby at the University of Witwatersrand's Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, in… Read more »
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South Africa:
Health Systems Failing Newborns
Health-e, 16 April 2013
The global delivery goals for mothers and newborns are noble. No woman should die while giving life. Yet, 280 000 woman die annually during birth. Read more »
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South Africa:
Simple Antiseptic Can Save Newborn Lives
Health-e, 16 April 2013
A cheap antiseptic ointment, used to cleanse a newborn’s umbilical cord, can reduce the risk of infection and death in the first few weeks of life by as much as 20 percent. Read more »
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South Africa:
Saving Newborns
Health-e, 15 April 2013
Experts from around the globe are gathering this week to address the preventable and unnecessary deaths of newborns, which accounts for almost half of all deaths among children… Read more »
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Africa:
It's Time to do Another "Easy" Thing: Newborn Health Care
Gates Foundation, 11 April 2013
The Global Newborn Health Conference (#Newborn2013) taking place next week in Johannesburg, South Africa is an impressive indication of how far the newborn health agenda has come… Read more »
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South Africa:
Roadmap to Tackle Newborn Deaths
Health-e, 15 April 2013
Each year, about three million of the 7.7-million children who die before reaching their fifth birthday are newborns who do not survive their first four weeks of life. This… Read more »
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Uganda:
Heart-Warming Innovation Saves Newborns
ThinkAfricaPress, 11 April 2013
In areas where electricity is unreliable or equipment is scarce, low-cost infant warmers could help keep low-weight newborns alive. Read more »
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Hospitals across the continent are adopting Kangaroo Mother Care to help curb high mortality rates for preterm infants. The technique emphasizes skin-to-skin contact between ... Read more »
