Scientific advances in human biology may soon have a profound bearing on the policies that governments and organizations adopt towards young mothers, caregivers and babies in poor and stressed communities.
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Scientific advances in human biology may soon have a profound bearing on the policies that governments and organizations adopt towards young mothers, caregivers and babies in poor and stressed communities. [read more] Devex
The international community has struggled to deliver when it comes to nutrition, but the issue is gaining unprecedented traction, and aid donors are looking for ways to take advantage of that new momentum. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s new “multi-sectoral nutrition strategy” will allow the agency to combine resources from a variety of initiatives and program areas to tackle malnutrition and childhood “stunting” like never before, said Richard Greene, senior deputy assistant to the USAID administrator. [read more] Ideation to Impact: Together, Delivering on the Promise of Maternal & Newborn Health Technology6/9/2014
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This three-part webinar seeks to strengthen the ties among those working to create and deploy maternal and newborn health (MNH) technologies – from ideation through implementation and everything in between – to initiate a dialogue around what is required to accelerate the scale of emerging innovations and better inform the design of those still to come. [read more] WHO, UNFA, International Confederation of Midwives
A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), WHO and partners reveals that major deficits in the midwifery workforce occur in 73 countries where these services are most desperately needed. The report recommends new strategies to address these deficits and save millions of lives of women and newborns. [read more] View The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014 report here. PLOS Collections
The continuing collaboration between Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at Harvard School of Public Health and PLOS Medicine is reflected in this latest collection highlighting the theme, "Integrating Health Care to Meet the Needs of the Mother–Infant Pair". Our shared commitment to increasing the evidence base for approaches to improving maternal health has built a platform of research and commentary articles as featured in the preceding Year 1 & Year 2 collections. This year's theme was chosen with the aim to contribute to a better understanding of how and when to comprehensively integrate maternal and infant health care. This includes conditions such as HIV, malaria, exposure to environmental risks, and other situations that have a significant impact on both maternal and infant health. [read more] International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
The Young Innovator in TB Research Award was established in 2014 through a global partnership between Otsuka SA (Otsuka) and The Union. The aim of the award is to recognise young scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing innovative thinking in tuberculosis (TB) research. [read more] IRIN
Accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis among children is notoriously difficult because the bacteria causing the disease tend to be detectable in the sputum only of adults, and because the clinical symptoms used to diagnose TB in children are also present in other conditions. [read more] IRIN
Some 60 percent of countries where malaria is endemic lack solid information about the quality of available drugs to treat the deadly disease, according to a new study. [read more] Inter Press Service News Agency
As Africa scales up lifesaving antiretroviral therapy for HIV positive people, concerns are rife that the absence of mass routine viral load testing will hamper extending treatment to the millions who need it. [read more] SciDev.net
As the deadly Ebola virus continues to strike West Africa, experts are calling for more research to help deal with future outbreaks and limit the chance of a pandemic. [read more] |
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