Beyond newborn survival
Every year, 135 million newborns enter the world, arriving naked and apparently equal. Yet, their chances of surviving and thriving vary dramatically depending on which world these babies are born …
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New targets for maternal survival
In the video, Clara Calvert discusses the progress made over the MDG period and how we have seen dramatic reductions in maternal mortality (MDG 5A). However, MDG 5B, universal access …
Equity is still a major issue
In the 1840s, the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow recognised that “to understand health or illness one must understand the social conditions in which health and illness are created, identified, defined, …
Why do newborn deaths occur?
In contrast to stillbirths, we know a lot more about the causes of newborn deaths. This wasn’t always the case, because until 2005 neonatal mortality was included as part of …
Why do stillbirths occur?
One of the main issues that prevents us from understanding why stillbirths occur is that we have trouble collating data on them due to an excessively complex system of classifications. …
Everything you need to know about antenatal care
In this article, we will look at antenatal care, its purpose, and what can or cannot be achieved by mothers receiving it. What is antenatal care? The care a pregnant …
Removing barriers to maternal health services
Many women do not access maternal health services when they need them, whether the pregnancy is complicated or uncomplicated. Here, we consider some of the barriers that women may face …
Who delivers and where?
the main things needed to ensure that women and newborns with complications receive care, the key issues likely to arise, and necessary improvements to healthcare services. As you watch the …
Where and when do they die?
The riskiest day to die is that on which you are born, and 40% of newborn deaths occur at this time. Ten countries account for around two-thirds of the world’s …
Data to inform accelerated progress
One fundamental principle of the SDG era is that every newborn should have the same chance of life, but we already know that survival rates differ between high-, middle-, and …
Ending preventable childhood and newborn deaths and stillbirths by 2030
Where do we want to be by 2030? If progress for reducing child and neonatal mortality continues at the current rate we will not reach our targets. Something needs to …
A History of Maternal Health Initiatives
The field of maternal health has been shaped by its search for effective strategies to reduce maternal mortality and the quest to attract attention to the cause. While maternal mortality …
What do we mean by newborns and stillbirths?
In this article, we’ll outline and describe some of the terminology used regarding newborns and stillbirths, as there are distinct classifications that it’s important to get right. Defining newborns and …
Strategies to reduce maternal mortality
What skills, tests, and drugs do we need to reduce maternal mortality? How might we organise services to provide this care, and what other strategies are needed? It’s important to …
Learning from historical decline: Sweden and Sri Lanka
In this step Claudia Hanson discusses trends in maternal mortality from Sweden and Sri Lanka. Although from two different income levels, both countries were able to rapidly reduce their maternal …
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Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action
