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Integrating WASH into Maternal and Newborn Health Programs to Save Lives
From 15-18 April, the 2013 Global Newborn Health Conference: Accelerating the Scale-Up of Maternal and Newborn Health Interventions to Reduce Mortality is being held in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a welcome reception and optional supplementary session will be held prior to opening day, on 14 April 2013.

Blog Series Highlights Clean Water as Urgent Health Issue
20 March 2013 In honor of World Water Day, please take a moment to read a blog series coordinated by our colleagues at WASH Advocates and the Maternal Health Task Force. The eight part series, entitled "WASH and Women’s Health," can be found here.

World Water Day: Promoting Water and Food Sanitation, Health and Hygiene in Egypt
20 March 2013 This World Water Day, Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Egypt are focusing on key messages concerning water and hygiene to improve health outcomes and nutrition in the areas where they live. The SMART project—a USAID-funded MCHIP project that focuses on improving maternal and neonatal health and nutrition—is collaborating with the Egyptian Nursing Syndicate to raise the awareness of nurses on the importance of infection control, especially around newborn babies and postpartum mothers. The Water and Food Sanitation program for nurses working in public and private hospitals in the six SMART target governorates aims to reduce the incidence of gastric and diarrheal diseases by emphasizing simple precautions that nurses can take to reduce the spread of infection.

Democratic Republic of Congo
Country Overview

Do Well and Do Good: US Global Leadership Coalition Highlights
USGLC discusses "smart power" approach to elevating diplomacy and development.

Alliance Formed to Prevent Newborn Infections and Save Lives
New partnership will improve handwashing practices among birth attendants and family members.

Reducing Newborn Deaths with Handwashing
Innovation doesn’t have to mean reinventing the wheel—it can mean using an existing tool or process in a new way or a new place. Innovations that reduce maternal and child deaths are of particular interest to USAID’s Global Health Bureau and to MCHIP, and the simple act of washing one’s hands can have a profound effect on health.

Handwashing with Soap Launch Event
HANDWASHING WITH SOAP TO SAVE NEWBORN LIVES A Global Development Alliance Launch Event

Water: A Limited Resource Essential to Life and Health
Water and sanitation are critical to achieving the goals of the global health community.

Special Event: Water and Its Global Impact
As we move further into the 21st century, water security has become increasingly important and attracted growing international attention. More than 1 in 6 people in the world live without access to an adequate amount of clean, potable water, approximately 894 million people in total. Water is intricately linked to health, from hydration to preventing the spread of illnesses through unclean water to irrigating crops to provide adequate food supplies.
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