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Africa: On World Prematurity Day, UN Stresses Importance of Improving Children's Health
UN News, 17 November 2014
Marking the fourth World Prematurity Day, the United Nations has underscored that the complications of preterm birth outrank all other causes as the world's number one killer of… Read more »
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Rwanda: MoH to Promote Kangaroo Mother Care to Help Save Premature Babies
New Times, 18 November 2014
In 2009, Jessica Twagira delivered a premature baby at sevev months of pregnancy. Read more »
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South Africa: Better Care for Tiniest Babies
The Daily Vox, 17 November 2014
Tucked away in a separate building behind Groote Schuur Hospital, is a tiny unit doing extraordinary work for tiny people. Read more »
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Nigeria: Group Attributes Preterm Births As Leading Cause of Child Mortality
Leadership, 17 November 2014
As the world marks World Prematurity Day, experts have said that pre-term births is the leading cause of child mortality and advocate urgent global action against the epidemic. Read more »
UN Stresses Importance of Improving Children's Health
The United Nations has underscored that the complications of preterm birth is the leading cause of death among young children.
InFocus
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A new report shows that timely access to considerate antenatal care could prevent the deaths of hundreds of women and girls in South Africa during and after pregnancy. Read more »
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"One of the simplest ways to save mothers and children is through breastfeeding," Mrs. Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of the Nigerian-based the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, told a ... Read more »
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Health workers and activists are demanding women be allowed access to medically safe abortions in cases such as rape, as illegal abortions are now one of the leading causes of ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
Newborns need to be kept warm and fed frequently, and to bond with the mother. However, traditional ways of caring for newborns in many hospitals make this impossible.
