News tagged with newborn death


Local community group activities may help reduce neonatal mortality in Vietnam

Community groups in rural Vietnam comprised of local health workers, politicians and laywomen (Maternal and Newborn Health Groups) set up to tackle challenges to maternal and neonatal health may reduce the neonatal death ...

Health created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Save the Children teams up with pharma giant GSK in Africa

International development charity Save the Children is linking up with British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline in what both sides say is a unique collaboration to save children's lives in Africa.

Medications created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

300,000 day-old babies die each year in India, report says

More than 300,000 babies die within 24 hours of being born in India each year from infections and other preventable causes, a report said Tuesday, blaming a lack of political will and funding for the crisis.

Health created May 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The cost of doing nothing: Forum explores the high price of ignoring children's health globally

In recent years, the world has reduced preventable child deaths by 4 million a year. But 7 million children still die from preventable causes annually, and little progress has been made in the death rate ...

Health created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts seek ramped up action to save newborn lives

More and more newborn babies are dying annually despite greater knowledge about what kills them, and cheap and simple measures to save them, a global conference in Johannesburg heard Monday.

Health created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nurse understaffing increases infection risk in VLBW babies

Very low birth weight infants, those weighing less than 3.25 pounds, account for half of infant deaths in the United States each year, yet a new study released in today's issue of JAMA Pediatrics documents that these critic ...

Pediatrics created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Car crashes overlooked killer of unborn babies

Motor vehicle crashes involving mothers-to-be account for more than half of all New Zealand's foetal deaths due to maternal injury, new University of Otago research reveals.

Health created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Natural birth a tough sell in China's caesarean boom

As an automatic piano chimed a wedding march, new mother Wang Dan walked down a red carpet towards a hospital room called the "White House", minutes after giving birth in a candlelit water pool.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of death significantly higher if both mother and newborn admitted to ICU following birth

Mothers and newborns who are both admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) after delivery are significantly more likely to die compared with mom–baby pairs not needing ICU admission, found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...

Health created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most pregnancy-related infections are caused by four treatable conditions

In low-and-middle income countries, pregnancy-related infections are a major cause of maternal death, can also be fatal to unborn and newborn babies, and are mostly caused by four types of conditions that are treatable and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking relapse prevention a healthy step for mothers, babies

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, concerned that women who quit smoking during their pregnancies often resume smoking after they deliver their baby, tested self-help interventions designed to prevent ...

Health created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Evidence to support that 'rooming in' for mother and baby after birth could be beneficial

"Rooming in," keeping mother and her newborn in the same room 24/7 to encourage breastfeeding has been a popular initiative of The WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital. A new review from The Cochrane Library finds ...

Health created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Undergrads invent cell phone screener to combat anemia in developing world

Could a low-cost screening device connected to a cell phone save thousands of women and children from anemia-related deaths and disabilities?

Medical research created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Report: Fewer maternal and child deaths, but too many women and children still dying

Since 1990, annual maternal deaths have declined by almost one half and the deaths of young children have declined from 12 million to 7.6 million in 2010.

Health created Jun 13, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inducing labor can reduce birth complications without increasing Cesareans

Induction of labour beyond 37 weeks of pregnancy can reduce perinatal mortality (death before, during or shortly after birth) without increasing caesarean section rates, finds a study published on BMJ today.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0