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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Low-birth-weight (LBW) is a major adverse pregnancy outcome and cause of neonatal mortality in resource-poor countries. Exposure to biomass fuels (BmFs) during…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas and nearly 90% of this growth will be in Africa and Asia. In LMICs, over 860 million people…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas and nearly 90% of this growth will be in Africa and Asia. In LMICs, over 860 million people…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Most maternal, perinatal and neonatal complications and mortality occur at or shortly after labor and delivery. In order to significantly impact maternal and…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 From 2009 to early 2014 the USAID-funded MCHIP project in India supported government health services to improve immunization services in 5 low-coverage districts in the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Nepal is one of the countries on track for achieving the Millennium Development Goal 5 for reducing maternal mortality by 80 percent by 2015. As acknowledged by the White…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: Calcium consumption during pregnancy reduces the incidence of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia among women with low calcium intake. Nepal implemented a pilot program to…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: A 2003 situation analysis of female genital fistula in Bangladesh estimated a case load of 71000 – 100, 000 for the population of 160 million people.…

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 19, 2015 One-quarter of neonatal deaths are attributable to infections, which may be prevented by maternal handwashing.  Handwashing is difficult to increase among mothers in the…