Tag Archives: Save the Children
Surviving the First Day, this year’s edition of Save the Children’s annual State of the World’s Mothers report is now available. As in past years, this edition features an updated version of the Mothers’ Index, a ranking of the best … Continue reading
According to the Healthy Newborn Network, Health Policy and Planning recently published a supplement, A Decade of Change for Newborn Survival, that shares a multi-country analysis of the changes in newborn care and survival from 2000-2010. The supplement also includes 5 detailed country case … Continue reading
Guest post contributed by our colleagues at the Countdown to 2015 initiative Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6 million in … Continue reading
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Tagged: Africa, Aga Khan University, Ban Ki Moon, Bangladesh, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Botswana, Burundi, child health, Countdown to 2015, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Every Woman Every Child, Family Care International, family planning, Ghana, Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, Harvard University, Hillary Clinton, Johns Hopkins University, Lao, LBW, Liberia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Madagascar, Malawi, maternal health, maternal stature, MDG4, MDG5, Nepal, Nigeria, nutrition, PMNCH, preterm birth, Rwanda, Save the Children, South Asia, Tanzania, UNFPA, UNICEF, University of Pelotas, Vietnam, World Health Organization, Zulfiqar Bhutta
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Save the Children‘s thirteenth State of the World’s Mothers report was released yesterday–providing a ranking of the “best” and “worst” places to be a mother, based on various indicators such as lifetime risk of maternal death, number of years of … Continue reading
A report released today, Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, features the first-ever estimates of preterm birth rates by country. The report, coordinated by the March of Dimes, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, … Continue reading
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Tagged: Born Too Soon, Brazil, continuum of care, Every Woman Every Child, Healthy Newborn Network, India, March of Dimes, maternal health, MDG5, newborn health, Nigeria, Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, PMNCH, preconception, preterm birth, Save the Children, USA, WHO, World Health Organization
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From our colleagues at Family Care International: Please join Family Care International and our partners at a side event to this week’s meetings of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. 1,000 Days: Improving the Nutrition of Rural Women … Continue reading
As Janna Oberdorf wrote previously on the MHTF blog, much of the discussion on the first day of the MHTF Buzz Meeting surrounded the question of whether or not there is a maternal health movement. The general consensus seems to … Continue reading
Written by: Joy Lawn, Director Global Evidence and Policy, Saving Newborn Lives-Save the Children-US The following post originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission If you were born today in Africa, … Continue reading
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Tagged: Africa, Healthy Newborn Network, Joy Lawn, neonatal mortality, newborn survival, Save the Children
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Written by: Mikkel Oestergaard and Colin Mathers from the World Health Organization The following post originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn Network blog. It is reposted here with permission. Where you are born matters tremendously for your risk … Continue reading
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Tagged: estimates, Healthy Newborn Network, neonatal mortality, newborn mortality, Save the Children
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Written by: Stephanie Smith, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, University of New Mexico The following piece is the second in a series on generating political priority for newborn health. Read the first. It originally appeared on the Healthy Newborn … Continue reading
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