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- UN Program Has Little Effect In Reducing Deaths Among Children In …
- Mozambique: Health Ministry Launches Campaign n Breast Feeding
- Concern Worldwide US Challenged by Gates to Test “Game-changing Ideas”
- UNICEF Executive Director launches first-ever National Child …
- 2 new moms in Bay Area die from swine flu; concern raised about …
- A Tipping Point on Maternal Mortality?
UN Program Has Little Effect In Reducing Deaths Among Children In …
Kaiser Family Foundation
For IMCI to evolve into a sustainable part of the health culture programme simplification and increased support for local health-training colleges and existing systems for maternal and child health must occur. According to the AP Philip Stevens a director at the International Policy Network “said the U. should first prove its strategies work. ‘If a private company produced results like this it would rapidly go out of business.
Mozambique: Health Ministry Launches Campaign n Breast Feeding
AllAfrica.com
The call was made in Maputo on Thursday during a press conference to announce the launching on Saturday of a year long National Campaign to Promote Breast-Feeding. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );Lidia Chongo head of the Women and Child Health Department at the Health Ministry explained that this initiative aims to involve health professionals government organizations NGs and community leaders in disseminating messages about the vital role of exclusive breast-feeding during the first few months of a child’s life. The campaign also intends to increase awareness among society organizations and communities of the importance of protecting and supporting breast-feeding and good practices of infant feeding. “Promoting breast-feeding is one of the Ministry’s priorities and we expect this initiative to promote a change of behaviour towards infant feeding” said Chongo. The World Health rganization (WH) estimates that failure to breast feed infants leads to the death of about 1. 4 million children across the world every year and is the cause of 10 per cent of illnesses in children aged under five.
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Concern Worldwide US Challenged by Gates to Test “Game-changing Ideas”
nPhilanthropy.com
The initiative will start in Malawi India and Sierra Leone which face major obstacles to reaching the 2015 Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health. In Sierra Leone more than 25 percent of children die before reaching their fifth birthday and in Malawi one in every 18 women dies during pregnancy or childbirth. In India and Malawi two-thirds of mothers and children lack essential health services like vaccinations skilled care at birth and micronutrient supplements. In awarding this grant to Concern the Gates Foundation’s challenge is to scale up effective delivery to ensure the interventions reach all the people who need them. There is an urgent need to focus on the critical obstacles to delivery many of which are the product of weak overburdened health systems or harmful practices such as discontinuing breastfeeding too early. The initiative will seek out field test and evaluate at least 27 breakthrough ideas that have the potential for rapidly increasing intervention coverage as well as the characteristics most conducive to scaling-up. The project will reach out to a broad spectrum of constituencies—including mid-level and junior health workers academia civil society the private sector and community members—stakeholders with traditionally limited influence or decision-making power in the health sector.
UNICEF Executive Director launches first-ever National Child …
UNICEF (press release) (press release)
“Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with 149 million people including 75 million children” said Veneman. “Sadly more children die in Nigeria than any other country in Africa largely from preventable diseases. Child Health Weeks have proven to be a highly effective strategy to save lives and prevent illness. ” Child Health Weeks enable the delivery of a package of high-impact low-cost child survival interventions. ver the course of the week children especially those in rural areas will receive immunizations deworming medicines insecticide treated mosquito nets. Mothers will be counseled on key household practices like breast-feeding and basic hygiene. In close cooperation with the Government National Child Health Weeks in Nigeria will be held twice a year.
2 new moms in Bay Area die from swine flu; concern raised about …
San Jose Mercury News
The CDC also urges that anti-viral drugs like Tamiflu or Relenza be quickly administered to pregnant women with suspected influenza. Pregnancy changes both the lung capacity and immunology of women making it harder for them to fend off respiratory infections. But while health officials are urging quicker response they say vigilance.
A Tipping Point on Maternal Mortality?
New York Times Blogs
July 30 2009 10:10 am Link Thank you for shinning the spotlight on a criticalaspect of health care. As a specialist in maternal-child health for all of my 50 years as a registered nurse30 of which in adolescent gynecology I have always contended that if men gave birth childbirth would havebeen made a sacrament. We can only hope and pray that the bama administration recognizes the importance of healthy women and children. Hector-Smith 11. July 30 2009 10:43 am Link Thank you! Thank you! Thank you Kristof for this piece.
