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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 The success of key interventions for maternal and newborn health depends upon the continuous availability of essential medicines and supplies at health facilities.…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 As part of the Every Woman Every Child movement, the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities (UNCoLSC) for Women and Children has specified magnesium sulfate,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 This presentation will speak about global trends in adolescent health, and highlight challenges to improving health outcomes and successful strategies towards overcoming…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Two-thirds of all the deaths globally are not recorded in civil registries with cause-of-death information.  Low- and lower-middle income countries, countries…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 What are the key challenges to overcome in maternal newborn health that are amenable to digital solutions? These can be grouped into several domains.  Universal knowhow: most…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: In October 2013, a group of global KMC stakeholders met in Istanbul and launched the KMC Acceleration, an effort to accelerate the uptake of effective KMC…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been shown to prevent newborn mortality and morbidities. Despite its benefits, country-level adoption and implementation have been…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: High parity and advanced maternal age pregnancies are associated with increased risk of maternal death, as well as other adverse outcomes. Most of these…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Despite the focus on stillbirth that was well developed in the Lancet Stillbirth Series 2011, there has not been much specific action on how to achieve…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Stillbirths were not tracked under the Millennium Development Goals, and progress in reducing stillbirths is slower than that for maternal or neonatal deaths,…