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Maternal and Newborn Health

319  in ‘Maternal and Newborn Health’.

Blog Posts

September 30, 2020

Knowledge is power: how skilled breastfeeding counselling helped my journey as a new mom

Dreaming of life with baby meant trying to prepare for almost anything – would my delivery go smoothly, would they be a good sleeper, would I be able to breastfeed the way I had planned?

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Blog Posts

September 24, 2020

Nutrition of pregnant women: An interplay of socio-cultural and access barriers

Women have frequently been excluded from decision-making, including from discussions about their own health.

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Blog Posts

September 9, 2020

Women and girls’ health must be a priority during the COVID-19 pandemic

The life of nearly every citizen in the world has been affected by COVID-19. Yet the long-term consequences of the pandemic will be felt most acutely by women and girls.

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Field Stories

September 3, 2020

New mother learns value of quality kangaroo mother care

Roselyn Nyongesa was 27-weeks pregnant when her water broke and she was rushed to Busia County Referral Hospital, Kenya in February 2019.

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Blog Posts

August 6, 2020

Breastfeeding – from mine to theirs

Motherhood is a beautiful, yet complicated, and life-changing event that I experienced fifteen years ago when my daughter came into this world (albeit three weeks early).

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Field Stories

August 6, 2020

With breastfeeding and kangaroo mother care, baby Prapti gets a healthier start to life

In the village of Gayag, in Gujarat, India, 27-year-old Ilaben endured a difficult pregnancy before giving birth to her daughter, Prapti.

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project

June 28, 2020

United Nations Population Fund, Nigeria

Working with UN Population Fund, we're increasing knowledge and awareness of iron-folic acid supplementation and healthy diet among adolescent girls, women of reproductive age, and healthcare workers.

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project

June 28, 2020

Kangaroo Mother Care, Cameroon

Using the innovative Development Impact Bond model to enable scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care programs in Cameroon to improve the lives of low birthweight and preterm babies.

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Blog Posts

June 18, 2020

COVID-19’s triple threat to gender equality, nutrition and future potential

What started as a novel virus soon resulted in global economic shutdown that is creating a malnutrition crisis felt the world over.

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project

June 15, 2020

Right Start Philippines

Right Start Philippines focused on reducing anaemia in pregnant women and young children, reducing low birthweight, and averting deaths in infants and children under five.

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