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Maternal, Newborn, and Reproductive Health
Each year, nearly 2.6 million children die within the first 28 days of life, nearly one third of these deaths occur on the first day of life. An additional 2.6 million babies are stillborn. A further 290,000 women die each year of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. The vast majority of these deaths can be prevented through the delivery of a targeted set of proven interventions. Unfortunately, these lifesaving interventions are not reaching those most in need.
Save the Children's MNRH work aims to increase access to three lifesaving service packages: (a) family planning and reproductive health, (b) antenatal care, and (c) labour, delivery and maternal and newborn care and Postnatal/Postpartum Care
Family Planning: Save the Children’s family planning and reproductive health work focuses on improving access to quality contraceptive services, the promotion of healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies, and the expansion of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services, particularly for underserved populations.
Antenatal Care: Save the Children’s antenatal care work focusses on expanding access to the World Health Organization’s focused antenatal care package, including the delivery of the tetanus toxoid vaccine, iron/folic acid supplementation, the prevention and treatment of malaria during pregnancy, and the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, to ensure positive pregnancy experience for women and their family.
Labour, Delivery and maternal newborn care during postnatal/postpartum: Save the Children labor and delivery work focusses on ensuring skilled care at birth, basic newborn care, management of maternal complications through strengthening Basic Emergency and Newborn Obstetric care, neonatal resuscitation, treatment of severe newborn infections, supportive care for sick and small newborns, the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and care to both mother and newborn during the postpartum/postnatal period
The organization works with governments, UN agencies, civil society and communities through a health systems approach to expand access to these services, and to promote the adoption of healthy maternal, reproductive and newborn care practices.
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Religious Leaders' Handbook on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Developed as a tool for religious leaders, this handbook assists the reader in understanding and addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights issues among children and adolescents. After a pilot session in Lusaka, Zambia, in November 2017 at a reg
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Family Planning and Postabortion Care in Uganda
This fact sheet provides details about Save the Children's reproductive health programming for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
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Emergency Contraception in Reproductive Health Programs in Humanitarian Settings
Our reproductive health in emergencies program strives to provide a full range of modern contraceptive methods so that women may access the contraception method that is best suited to their needs. Emergency contraception (EC) is a critical part to the con
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Off the Radar: Meeting Contraceptive Needs of Populations on the Move
This meeting summary provides an overview of and findings from the “Off the Radar: Meeting Contraceptive Needs of Populations on the Move” side event from the International Conference on Family Planning 2018. It is a helpful resource for program staff who
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Using research priority-setting to guide bridging the implementation gap in countries: A case study of the Uganda newborn research priorities in the SDG era
One of the greatest challenges that countries face regarding the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for child health involve the actions required to improve neonatal health; these interventions have to be informed by evidence. I
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A Declaration to Accelerate Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings
In February 2019, co-convened by Save the Children, UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, and HRH Princess Sarah Zeid, experts and key stakeholders from multiple sectors within the humanitarian and development fields met in Geneva, Switzerland to catalyze a global agenda f
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Family Planning and Postabortion Care in Emergencies in Somalia
This fact sheet provides details on Save the Children's family planning and postabortion care programming in Somalia.
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Delivering Quality Family Planning for the Hardest to Reach
This brief describes Save the Children's movement-wide family planning approaches and work. It is generally meant for external audiences (institutional donors, partners, etc.) providing an overview of our approaches and Save the Children's value add for f
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Family Planning and Postabortion Care in Emergencies in Yemen
This fact sheet provides details on Save the Children's family planning and postabortion care programming in Yemen.
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Innovative Pathways to Build Providers Skills in Humanitarian Settings
A significant component of Save the Children US’ Reproductive Health in Emergencies Initiative is to build the capacity of clinical staff to deliver quality family planning and postabortion care services. Our programs provide strong evidence that health p
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Delivering Reproductive Health When She Needs It Most
One in four people in need of humanitarian assistance is a woman or girl of reproductive age (15–49 years). Their health needs don’t disappear in a conflict or natural disaster — in fact, they grow greater and more urgent in humanitarian settings where tr
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Family Planning and Postabortion Care in Emergencies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This fact sheet provides details on Save the Children's family planning and postabortion care programming in eastern DRC.