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Nigerian govt launches incentives to increase use of maternal, newborn healthcare

The health ministry said the incentives are intended to address barriers preventing women and newborns from accessing timely, high-quality, life-saving healthcare services. The pos...

Mahama government launches five-year plan to tackle Ghana’s maternal health crisis

The government has launched a five-year multisectoral initiative to address persistent gaps in maternal and newborn healthcare, with a focus on emergency referrals, transport, staf...

Maternity care improvements linked to fewer stillbirths and newborn deaths in sub-Saharan Africa

A combination of training, quality improvement and leadership support in hospitals across four countries in sub-Saharan Africa is linked to fewer stillbirths and deaths among newbo...

Ukerewe Steps Up Efforts to Prevent Maternal Deaths, Improve Child Health

[Daily News] Ukerewe -- UKEREWE District Council has adopted sustainable and measurable strategies to improve maternal and child health services and prevent avoidable maternal and...

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced a $100 million pledge Thursday to make giving birth in the U...

Zanzibar tests new financing model to improve antenatal care

Zanzibar is testing a health financing model that uses targeted funding and digital tracking to keep poor and high-risk pregnant women in care as the government works towards a mor...

Call for joint action to curb maternal deaths

Tanzania has called on African countries to strengthen cooperation, increase investment in maternal healthcare and improve access to essential medicines and equipment to reduce dea...

FemTech's Real Test- Can Innovation Solve Rural America's Maternal Health Crisis?

Public Health Begins With Listening: Lessons From Zambia and Malawi on Reducing Maternal Mortality

In the Zambian districts where it operated, the five-year Saving Mothers, Giving Life initiative helped reduce the maternal mortality ratio by 41 percent. Its success relied not on...

Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health at AFGHS-Jhpiego project

Overview   The AFGHS-Jhpiego project is funded by the U.S. Department of State (DoS) to support the delivery of lifesaving, comprehensive maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH)...

Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health at AFGHS-Jhpiego project

Overview   The AFGHS-Jhpiego project is funded by the U.S. Department of State (DoS) to support the delivery of lifesaving, comprehensive maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH)...

SPECIAL REPORT: In Kaduna, a new intervention is saving women from excessive bleeding after childbirth

PPH, or excessive bleeding after childbirth, is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths worldwide, including in Kaduna and other parts of Nigeria. The post SPECIAL REPORT: In...

Why Governments Are Ignoring The Issue Of Maternal Deaths

Despite large-scale programmes and the availability of the necessary technology to prevent maternal deaths, India's Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has not declined significantly. T...

After a premature birth, North Texas mom found help. Now state invests $4 million in maternal health program

A North Texas program designed to improve outcomes for mothers and babies is getting a big bump from the state. The Maternal Health Accelerator (MHA), a coalition created to add...

Federal initiative for rural health targets maternal care and telehealth in Indiana

The Trump administration announced a $120 million federal investment to expand maternal and infant health services, increase primary care access, and modernize healthcare infrastru...

Kimambi Dispensary Sees Growth in Maternal Health Services After Partnership With MSF

[Daily News] Lindi -- HEALTH services at Kimambi Dispensary in Liwale District, Lindi Region, have been improved significantly since the facility began collaborating with Médecins...

Midwives: The Workforce That Will Determine Maternal and Newborn Survival and Africa’s Future

NEW YORK / ADDIS ABABA, September 7 (IPS) - Tonight, thousands of women across Africa will give birth. Whether they survive to see daylight will largely depend on where they live,...

MedCity FemFwd: How Midwives Can Support the Maternal Health Crisis

In this episode, we’re joined by Amanda Shafton, practicing CNM and national director of midwifery at Ob Hospitalist Group. We discuss the benefits of physician/midwifery collabora...

NCDs fastest-growing disease burden in Nigeria — Official

He said the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII) had reduced maternal deaths by 22 per cent and newborn deaths by 10 per cent. The post NCDs fast...

Africa CDC Calls for Increased Investment in Pharmaceutical Production for Maternal and Child Health

[Daily News] Arusha -- THE Head of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Prof. Diana N...

Nigeria: What Punjab Taught Zamfara About Safer Childbirth

[allAfrica] A health facility may have a midwife, a labour ward and a woman ready to give birth - and still not be able to save her life.

Orphan Programme Helps Young Mothers Rebuild Lives

[Daily News] Tanzania -- THE Ilula Orphan Programme (Tanzania) (IOP) is supporting girls and young mothers who became pregnant at an early age to rebuild their lives, acquire skill...

Walmart heirs Olivia and Tom Walton are committing $100 million to America’s maternal death crisis—and betting states an...

The couple is treating it as seed money, hoping states and other donors will multiply it to tackle the maternal mortality crisis.

Tanzania shares maternal health lessons with Africa

Tanzania’s experience in strengthening maternal and child health is emerging as a source of lessons for African countries seeking to accelerate progress towards the continent’s Thr...