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A swaddled baby asleep

I spent my first days in the NICU; I got lucky

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Twenty-five tiny newborns were crammed three and four to a bed. The only sink was filled with dirty water with no soap in sight. An empty bottle of hand sanitizer hung from a string on the door. The scene before me in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a major hospital in Ethiopia wasn’t the worst I had seen, but it was no less… Read more →←
Two women carry their babies in a sling on their backs.

Racing the clock to save mothers and protect newborns in Uganda

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“We used to think that when the mother has swollen feet she is pregnant with twins, but now we know that when we see a mother with swollen feet, it is important for that mother to go to the health unit.” In 2015, 19 out of every 1,000 babies born in Uganda died within their first 28 days of life – 30,000 newborns in total. Many… Read more →←
A mother breastfeed and a another woman smiles.

Commitment and action – for every newborn

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Last year, close to one million babies died on their first day of life, and 2.7 million during their first 28 days. Almost half of all under-five deaths took place during this newborn period. And 2.6 million babies were stillborn. These first hours, days and weeks constitute the most dangerous period in a human life. In the poorest, most… Read more →←

A clean start to life

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Imagine watching your doctor wash their hands with dirty water. Imagine giving birth to a child in a hospital with no running water. Or having no toilet to use when you are in labor. Imagine delivery a baby, without having soap or water to wash your hands. This is a reality for millions of people around the world, where health care is… Read more →←
Tiny newborn baby with big eyes and a tube in her nose looks at the camera; she is wrapped in blankets and a black plastic bag

The baby in a plastic bag: surviving in Somalia

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Fifteen-day-old Faadumo lies quietly with her big, dark eyes wide open. Her tiny head and dainty fists rest on a nest of blankets, starting with a black shawl. A second one adorned with white dots is layered on top. She is then tucked in a bigger, thicker blanket in a maroon and cream color. In between these wrappings is one more layer… Read more →←
Women breastfeeding infant next to poster of woman breastfeeding infant

Breastfeeding ‘Mom-ents’ through GIFs

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Happy World Breastfeeding Week! Many mothers who have or are breastfeeding find they have quite a bit in common. When you add work to the equation, it can be a recipe for potentially awkward and memorable moments. Here are a few of them in all their GIF-glory. When you’re late for work with just 5 minutes to breastfeed your baby When… Read more →←

World Prematurity Day: Saving “Every Newborn” born too soon

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In Bangladesh’s Tangail Medical College Hospital, Bithy Akhter anxiously waits as her daughter, Jannat, is treated at the Special Care Newborn Unit (SCANU). Jannat was delivered preterm at 33 weeks in a private clinic. After taking Jannant home, Bithy and her husband Amin Khan noticed she had started to look bluish and she wasn’t… Read more →←
Zakir from Bangladesh was diagnosed with pneumonia shortly after birth. He received treatment at a Special Care Newborn Unit (SCANU) which aims to reduce the deaths arising from newborn complications.

Can innovation help stop children dying from pneumonia?

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Pneumonia is the world’s number one cause of preventable death among children under five years old. Every year, pneumonia kills nearly one million children – more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. What makes this number of pneumonia deaths so unfathomable is that its cure is well-known, inexpensive and widely available.… Read more →←

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