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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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Using Developmental Science to Inform the Design and Implementation of Programs with Very Young Adolescents: Implications for sexual and reproductive health
This resource is intended for program designers, implementers, researchers, and policy makers who work with very young adolescents aged 10-14 years. The resource provides concrete guidance and examples on how to integrate developmental science principles
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Améliorer la Santé des Mères et des Nouveau-nés à Mali au Travers des Approches Intégrées
Au Mali, la mortalité maternelle et néonatale reste élevée, avec 325 décès maternels pour 100 000 naissances vivantes et 33 décès néonataux pour 1000 naissances vivantes, comparée à 368 décès maternels pour 100 000 naissances vivantes et 34 décès néonatau
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Integration of Midwifery Services into the Health System: Experience of strengthening the National Midwifery Program (SNMP) through UNFPA and Save the Children in Bangladesh
In April 2017, UNFPA collaborated with Save the Children to launch the Strengthening the National Midwifery Program (SNMP) (2017-2021) under the leadership of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOH&FW) to strengthen midwifery education and demonstra
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Sexual and Reproductive Health: How to work in a conflict sensitive manner
Despite prevailing patriarchal culture and gender-biased attitudes in Gaza, context-aware AISHA (Association for Women and Child Protection), engaged men, boys, women, and girls in an open and interactive dialogue about Sexual and Reproductive Health Righ
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USAID Services de Santé à Grand Impact: End of project narrative report
This is the End of Project report for the USAID-funded Services de Santé à Grand Impact (SSGI) project (2015-2020), which improved the survival and nutritional status of Malian mothers, newborns, and children under five through increased and sustained use
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Approches Intégrées pour Améliorer l' Accès aux Services de Planification Familiale au Mali 2015-2020
La planifcation familiale (PF) est reconnue depuis longtemps comme étant un moyen essentiel pour maintenir la santé et le bien-être des femmes et de leurs familles. Au Mali, la faible utilisation des services de santé de la reproduction en général et de l
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Gender Equality Strategy Impact Report: Empowering women, adolescent girls and communities towards healthy, full-term pregnancies and a healthy start for newborns
Born on Time (BOT) is a unique program – truly a global first around the issue of prematurity prevention. The program is the first public-private partnership dedicated to the prevention of preterm birth, now the leading cause of death in children under fi
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USAID Services de Santé à Grand Impact Approche Participative pour Atteindre le Statut: Centre de santé propre
Au Mali, le projet Services de Santé à Grand Impact (SSGI) financé par l’USAID, visait à améliorer la survie et l’état nutritionnel des mères, des nouveau nés et des enfants de moins de cinq ans grâce à une utilisation accrue et pérenne des services de sa
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Connect Project Fact Sheet
This fact sheet covers the Connect Project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project uses a phased approach to leverage the reach of large-scale "host projects" in Bangladesh and Tanzania focusing on first-time parents use of post-partum
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Soins Mère Kangourou: Les prématurés ont le droit de survivre
Au cours des cinq dernières années, le taux de mortalité néonatale est resté stationnaire (34 ‰ en 2013 a 33 ‰ en 2018). La première cause de décès néonataux au Mali est la prématurité (33%), suivie par l’asphyxie (25%) et ensuite les infections néonatale
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MOMENTUM Country & Global Leadership
This is a program brief for the MOMENTUM Country & Global Leadership Project. MOMENTUM Country & Global Leadership is part of a suite of innovative awards funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to holistically improve family plann
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New Low Birth Weight and Preterm Birth Estimates: Know what they are and how to use them
Children born too soon or too small are at the highest risk of dying in utero, during birth and in the neonatal period, and also have increased health and development risks throughout their lifetime. Of the 2.5 million neonatal deaths in 2018, over 80% we