According to the Perinatal Deaths 2015 report released by Statistics South Africa, the total number of perinatal deaths that occurred… [Read More]
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News & Commentary
Racial Gap Is Growing in Infant Mortality (Daily Mail)
African American children are 2.5 times more likely to die in their first year than their white peers, a study… [Read More]
Caring Like a Kangaroo: India Can Cut Neonatal Death Toll, World’s Highest (Hindustan Times)
Skin-to-skin contact between a preterm infant and mother, known as kangaroo mother care (KMC), has become a common method of… [Read More]
US Infant Mortality Rates Down 15% (CNN, 2017)
Infant mortality rates in the US have reached new lows, a positive change in the country’s public health. However, there… [Read More]
Infant Mortality Rate Falls, Courtesy Govt Measures (The Tribune India)
The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has seen a significant decline in their infant mortality rate (IMR), well below… [Read More]
True Magnitude of Stillbirths and Maternal and Neonatal Deaths Underreported (WHO, 2017)
In continued efforts to improve maternal and neonatal health, WHO has launched 3 publications to help countries improve their data… [Read More]
Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in South-West Ethiopia (Yaya, 2014)
Yaya, Yaliso, Kristiane Tislevoll Eide, Ole Frithjof Norheim, and Bernt Lindtjørn. “Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in South-West Ethiopia: Estimates and… [Read More]
Saving The World’s Babies Simply Starts Before Birth (NPR, 2014)
In response to the persistent problem of neonatal mortality, researchers are designing new interventions, such as miniature sleeping bags to… [Read More]
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