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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …