Newborn Care in Humanitarian Settings
A humanitarian crisis may result from a natural disaster, such as an earthquake, flood or epidemic, or from political turmoil, armed conflict, or other types of social upheaval. Such crises …
Course: Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action
Hospital acquired neonatal infections
Hospitals have a key role in reducing stillbirths and neonatal deaths through delivery care and care of the small and sick newborn. The benefit of this care comes with a …
Care of preterm newborn, including kangaroo mother care
We have learnt that each year there are 15 million newborns born into 4 different worlds, with very different chances of survival if born prematurely. Of these 15 million births, …
Stillbirths: targets, where, why and what to do?
Most stillbirths are preventable, and every country has committed to reduce their Stillbirth Rate to less than 12 per 1,000 total births, but around 60 countries need to more than …
Essential newborn care and resuscitation
Background Each year, around 10 million newborns require some degree of resuscitation after birth such as tactile stimulation, or airway clearing or positioning1. In addition, over one million newborns with …
Summary of Week 3
We have now reached the end of Week 3. We have learnt that by 2030 the Sustainable Development Goal target is to reduce maternal mortality to less than 70/100,000 live …
Newborn deaths: targets, where, why and what to do?
As part of the Sustainable Development Goals a global commitment was made to reduce the Neonatal Mortality Rate in every country to less than 12 per 1,000 live births. Many …
Too Much, Too Soon
In this video, Prof Marleen Temmerman will discuss the concept of “too much, too soon” (TMTS), with an example of overuse of caesarean section births. TMTS refers to care provided …
COVID-19 and Newborn health
Much of data on impacts of COVID-19 on RMNCAH and nutrition in the first six months of the pandemic either came from mathematical models and global pulse surveys by WHO, …
Future challenges and opportunities
In this step with Professor Address Malata we will look to the next 20 years and ask how changing burdens of disease, demographic transitions, urbanisation, and other issues might impact …
Strategies to improve maternal health
In previous steps we have learnt about the burden of maternal morbidity and mortality. Now we will explore how to reduce this burden. Professor Oona Campbell will compare and contrast …
Provision of Maternal Health Care During Labour and Childbirth
Why is quality of care important? Despite impressive improvements in maternal and newborn health (MNH) over the last two decades, progress has been uneven with worsening inequities within and across …
Women’s Health: What Is Maternal Health?
In this article, Professor Wendy Graham and Lydia Di Stefano define maternal health. “Maternal health” is usually regarded as health during pregnancy, childbirth and the period afterwards. In other words, …
What is the state of maternal health?
There were 303,000 maternal deaths in 2015. This represents a fall of 43% in 15 years, but is still a huge number, as many of these deaths are preventable. In …
Innovative solutions: mHealth and contraception use
What is mHealth? In this step Dr Chris Smith explores its definition and how can mobile technologies be used in the context of healthcare. Since the first commercially available handheld …
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Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents: from Evidence to Action