Published in BMJ Open, this article presents information on the quality of newborn care services and health facility readiness to provide newborn care in six African countries, and advocates for the improvement of providers’ essential newborn care knowledge and skills. To read the full, open access article in the journal BMJ Open, click here. […]
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This set of briefs presents key highlights from the World Health Organization’s guidelines on basic newborn resuscitation (WHO, 2012), optimal feeding of low-birthweight (LBW) infants in low- and middle-income countries (WHO, 2011), and the audit and review of stillbirths and neonatal deaths (WHO, 2016). Basic Newborn Resuscitation Brief Optimal Feeding of Low-Birthweight Infants in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Brief Making […]
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This week, a joint WHO and UNICEF publication details the country leadership and actions taken toward meeting our ENAP milestones throughout 2016. […]
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Since 2008, considerable attention has been given to testing community-based strategies involving postnatal home visitation (PNHV) in low-income, high newborn-mortality country settings. A number of countries have made efforts to implement such programs at scale and lessons are now accruing on these program experiences. However, also over this period, many countries (including those that have […]
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This four-page brief focuses on MCSP work in developing or updating reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health policies, and the impact these policies will have in expanding coverage of key interventions globally and within Program countries. […]
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MCSP is engaging communities and strengthening the ability of its members to work together to address social and health concerns. […]
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Threatened Preterm Birth Care is part of the Helping Mothers Survive and Helping Babies Survive suite of training modules. It is a two-day course designed for teams of health workers who provide care for women and newborns. The content is based on the 2015 WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes and focuses […]
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Affordable and easy to use, chlorhexidine gel, when applied to babies’ umbilical cords, prevents infections and saves lives. […]
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This International Women’s Day, find out how Liberian women are improving health in rural and undeveloped Grand Bassa County. […]
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