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Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an essential cadre needed to reach mothers and newborns in low resource settings. One of the challenges for building capacity…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Evidence supports community health worker (CHW) capacity to improve maternal and newborn health in less-resourced countries. However, scaling up and operating…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of the nearly 300,000 maternal deaths that occur annually. Nearly 34% of maternal deaths in Africa are due to PPH (WHO 2012).…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: There is now broad consensus that health user fees ‘punish the poor and prevent people from accessing life-saving treatment. According to WHO, user fees are ‘the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Most preterm births and deaths occur in homes or first-level facilities in low income countries, where gestational age is uncertain. Early identification of…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Recent global commitments have affirmed the need to integrate maternal and newborn health to ensure that women and newborns thrive, not just survive. Emergency…

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,…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Francis Day-Stirk will focus her presentation on some key aspects of the Lancet Commission on Women and Health report, namely the role of midwives as critical players in the…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with a population of 90.1 million.  The country achieved many MDG targets for health through…

Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 19, 2015 Background: Sri Lanka has demonstrated remarkable progress in its health indicators with a relatively modest investment in health. The maternal mortality ratio is around 30…