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MCHIP Presents at the International Council of Nurses 25th Quadrennial Congress
May 24, 2013 — MCHIP
24 May 2013
This week in Melbourne, Australia, MCHIP presented at the International Council of Nurses 25th Quadrennial Congress. ICN’s mission is to “ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally.” As such, this year’s Congress stressed the importance of the role of nurses in improving access to and equity of health care for communities and individuals.
This week in Melbourne, Australia, MCHIP presented at the International Council of Nurses 25th Quadrennial Congress. ICN’s mission is to “ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally.” As such, this year’s Congress stressed the importance of the role of nurses in improving access to and equity of health care for communities and individuals.
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Malagasy Community Health Worker Instructs on Misoprostol Use to Prevent Postpartum Hemorrhage
May 22, 2013 — MCHIP22 May 2013
Claudia was nervous about having her first child. The 21-year-old woman from rural Fenerive-Est district, Madagascar, knew that women in her community often died from complications of labor and delivery. Thankfully, she had community health worker (CHW) Tesaka Clairette to put her mind at ease.
An Unexpected Counselor: Cab Driver in India Advocates for Family Planning
May 22, 2013 — MCHIP22 May 2013
Ranchi, India—As a Clinical Officer working with Jhpiego and MCHIP, I travel more than 15 days in a month conducting trainings on postpartum family planning (PPFP) and postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (PPIUCD) services. I also help community health workers and counselors familiarize themselves with key information and messages related to these services.
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MCHIP Presents at “Can We Do Better? Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health”
May 8, 2013 — MCHIP7 May 2013
Today at the National Press Club, The Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) launched of a special issue of PLOS Medicine: “Can We Do Better? Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.”
Tea Garden Laborers in Bangladesh Receive Better Health Care Thanks to MaMoni Project
May 8, 2013 — MCHIP8 May 2013
Twenty-two-year-old Asholata Mohali and her husband, Apon, are tea garden laborers in Northeastern Bangladesh. Married for four years, they recently had their second child, a healthy baby girl, at a nearby community clinic. Their first child, Roni, who is now three, was not delivered at a clinic—she was born at home with the help of an untrained traditional birth attendant. The difference between the two births, their mother notes, was significant.
Save the Children Releases 14th Annual "State of the World's Mothers" Report
May 7, 2013 — MCHIP7 May 2013
Today, Save the Children launched the fourteenth annual "State of the World’s Mothers" report. It presents an analysis of new data on the riskiest places to be a mother and the most dangerous day of life. The report also highlights successes in providing mothers and their children with essential care, and the critical need to create mother and baby friendly health systems.
Please take a moment to read the report and related materials, as well as the official press release below.
Please Join Us for a Global Symposium on Pre-Eclampsia at Women Deliver!
May 7, 2013 — MCHIP
PRE-ECLAMPSIA 2013: A GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM
Monday 27 May 2013
7AM – 4PM
Emerald Room, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Women Deliver
Monday 27 May 2013
7AM – 4PM
Emerald Room, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Women Deliver
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In Mountains of Northern India, Community Health Workers Oriented to Postpartum Family Planning
May 6, 2013 — MCHIP6 May 2013
While breathtakingly beautiful, the Himalayan mountain ranges that surround many districts of Uttarakhand make this part of northern India hard to reach. This is certainly true of the district of Pauri Garhwal—parts of which are at a height of almost 10,000 feet above sea level.
Survive & Thrive Global Development Alliance: Saving Mothers, Newborns and Children
May 1, 2013 — MCHIP1 May 2013
Survive and Thrive: Professional Associations, Private Sector and Global Health Scholars Saving Mothers, Newborns and Children is a unique and historic global development alliance (GDA) to improve survival rates for women and children around the world. The alliance will mobilize U.S. obstetric, pediatric and midwifery professional associations alongside the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), private sector, and civil society organizations in a first of its kind partnership to improve the quality of facility-based maternal, newborn and child health services to reduce preventable maternal and child deaths.
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