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Maternal and Newborn Health

330  in ‘Maternal and Newborn Health’.

Blog Posts

June 4, 2015

New focus on reducing anaemia in adolescent girls

Recently, the World Health Assembly set out new global nutrition targets. One such ambitious goal is to see a 50% reduction of anaemia in women of reproductive age by 2025.

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Blog Posts

May 29, 2015

Better births in Bangladesh

When women receive daily iron and folic acid (IFA) supplements as early as possible during pregnancy for at least 90 days, it can help reduce anaemia and provide newborns a better chance at life.

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Field Stories

May 25, 2015

“I am converted”: Birthing access to safer deliveries in Kenya

Irene Omurunga was reluctant to give up her role as a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in Mumias West, Kakamega County in Kenya.

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Blog Posts

April 15, 2015

An Experience in Contrasts

I have to admit, I got a little obsessed when I was preparing for Live Below the Line last year. Eggs were cheap here but I could get lentils cheaper over there.

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Blog Posts

April 6, 2015

Breastmilk is the safest food

Exclusive breastfeeding to the age of six months, with continued breastfeeding to the age of two and beyond, is a child’s first vaccine.

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Blog Posts

March 16, 2015

Nourishing Women on International Women’s Day

March 8 is International Women’s Day. I would also like to celebrate how micronutrient interventions have the potential to enable women to continue to be strong, brilliant, and safe.

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Blog Posts

March 10, 2015

Iron Women Forge the World

On International Women’s Day, we were encouraged to reflect on the power of women and the need to ensure that women around the world are positioned, supported and poised to meet their full potential.

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Blog Posts

March 4, 2015

A ‘no missed opportunities’ approach is essential for ending diseases like malaria

The scourge of Malaria was previously at its strongest when our knowledge about its causes and our ability to prevent and treat it was weakest.

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Events

February 27, 2015

MI President underscores importance of nutrition at high-level discussions with Bill Gates

MI President Joel Spicer participated in a private roundtable focused on achieving the "malaria end-game" by 2025.

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Blog Posts

February 25, 2015

Measles worse for malnourished children, but vitamin A supplements can help

Measles has been making headlines recently adding a new worry for people with young infants not quite old enough for vaccines or whose children suffer from compromised immune systems.

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