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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 21, 2015 Background: Ending preventable stillbirths and neonatal deaths forms a significant part of the global agenda beyond 2015. The first step in targeting programs that aim to…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background:  A stages-of-change model is available for evaluating facility-based kangaroo mother care (KMC) services. Implementation progress at facility- and country level…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: To date, the mHealth sector lacks rigorous, quantitative evidence linking mobile messaging programs to significant behavioral change and improved health outcomes.…

Anna Coutsoudis, of the University of Kwazulu Natal, presented at the Maternal Health, HIV & AIDS technical meeting on the ethical and medical considerations and issues surrounding Option B+. View a video of the presentation>>

Tshidi Hannah Sebitloane’s presentation at the Maternal Health, HIV & AIDS technical meeting focuses on maternal mortalities and morbidities in South Africa that result from complications attributed to HIV. View a video of the…

In addition to a lack of access to quality prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services at the clinic level, community-level factors such as stigma; adverse gender dynamics; low support for HIV testing, antenatal care, and skilled…