The 2015 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report: Sustainable Progress in the Post-2015 Era, released today on World Pneumonia Day by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...
Nov 12, 2015
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Mali suffers one of the highest global burdens of child deaths, with more than 1 in 10 children at risk of death before age 5 in 2015, according to The World Bank. Many such deaths occur because fast-acting but preventable ...
Oct 14, 2015
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An elevated infant death rate may be linked to mourning experienced by women in the months before they become pregnant, reports a study in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of ...
Sep 17, 2015
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Child deaths have fallen to very low rates in all industrialised countries, but many deaths in children and adolescents are still potentially preventable, and much more could be done to cut future deaths, according to a new ...
Sep 5, 2014
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Very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) babies who undergo major surgery appear to have an increased risk of death or subsequent neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI).
Jun 16, 2014
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged Can$3.5 billion Thursday for immunization, better nutrition and the introduction of birth certificates in developing nations to improve the health of mothers and children.
May 29, 2014
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People bereaved by the suicide of a partner and mothers losing an adult child to suicide run a significantly higher risk of suicide compared to people bereaved after sudden deaths from other causes. The psychological impact ...
May 2, 2014
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A million newborn babies a year die within 24 hours, charity Save the Children said in a report out Tuesday which urged governments to tackle preventable deaths.
Feb 25, 2014
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Health officials in Liberia have launched a campaign to vaccinate some 100,000 children against pneumonia.
Jan 9, 2014
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Niger has made the most progress worldwide on reducing child mortality since 1990, according to a study out Wednesday.
Oct 23, 2013
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