Belizán, José M., Nicole Minckas, Elizabeth M. McClure et al., “An Approach to Identify a Minimum and Rational Proportion of… [Read More]
All of her health. For all of her life.
Neonatal Deaths
An Approach to Identify a Minimum and Rational Proportion of Caesarean Sections in Resource-Poor Settings: A Global Network Study (Belizán, 2018)
Post Date: 09/05/2018
Hospital Stops Drug Trials for Pregnant Women after 11 Babies Die (Dutch News)
Post Date: 07/25/2018
Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital has halted trials of a drug to help pregnant women whose babies are not growing well… [Read More]
New Zealand Maternal Death Rate Halves but Work Needed to Reduce Neonatal Deaths (New Zealand Herald)
Post Date: 06/28/2018
The number of Kiwi women who die during or soon after pregnancy has almost halved, new figures show. The drop… [Read More]
Helping Hoosier Infants (My Wabash Valley)
Post Date: 06/15/2018
The most recent CDC rankings place Indiana as the sixth highest state for infant mortality in the country. This is… [Read More]
Prisoners to parental incarceration: how do incarceration rates affect infant mortality? (Medical Bag)
Post Date: 06/10/2018
The effect of mass incarceration is especially harsh on families with young children, as recent parental incarceration (usually fathers) raises… [Read More]
The Impact of Young Maternal Age at Birth on Neonatal Mortality: Evidence from 45 Low and Middle Income Countries (Neal, 2018)
Post Date: 06/05/2018
Neal, Sarah, Andrew Amos Channon, and Jesman Chintsanya, “The Impact of Young Maternal Age at Birth on Neonatal Mortality: Evidence… [Read More]
Male Involvement Key to Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality (Modern Ghana)
Post Date: 06/02/2018
Dads’ Support Clubs, which teach men to assist their wives at home, help during pregnancy, and to have a greater… [Read More]
Creating a Safe Place for Women to Give Birth in Africa (Liberian Daily Observer)
Post Date: 06/02/2018
Liberia has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios, and also very high mortality rates for newborns. In response, Africare… [Read More]
Health for Migrants and Dominicans of Haitian Descent (The Lancet)
Post Date: 05/30/2018
Hundreds of thousands of people whose official status is bogged down in administrative struggle are afraid to access health care… [Read More]
Stillbirths in Urban Guinea-Bissau: A Hospital- and Community-Based Study (Bjerregaard-Andersen, 2018)
Post Date: 05/30/2018
Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten, Najaaraq Lund, Anne Sofie Pinstrup Joergensen et al., “Stillbirths in Urban Guinea-Bissau: A Hospital- and Community-Based Study,” PLOS… [Read More]
