Maternal Protection
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How to Extend Breastfeeding
By Susie McGee
Breastfeeding offers many benefits for both mother and child. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that nursing mothers continue to breastfeed their babies for at least the first year. The benefits of breastfeeding for babies includes a lower risk of allergies, diabetes and other health-related problems.
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 12 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Breastfeeding, Community Support, General, Maternal Protection
PARTNERS’ FORUM FOR MATERNAL, NEONATAL AND CHILD HEALTH (MNCH), 17-20 APRIL 2007, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
INTRODUCTION
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health is a new global health partnership, launched in Delhi in September 2005 to accelerate efforts towards achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5. This new partnership is the result of a merger of three existing partnerships: the Partnership for Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health (2003 by WHO), the Child Survival Partnership (2004 by UNICEF NY) and the Healthy Newborn Partnership (2000 by SCF USA). This was as a result of various recommendations and reports, including the World health report 2005. Also the report of the UN Millennium task Force on Child and maternal health, the Lancet Neonatal Survival series (April 2005).
Posted by Pauline Kisanga on 02 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: General, IBFAN Activities, Maternal Protection
Maternal health finally getting some attention
JIANG ALIPO
Daily News; Tuesday,May 08, 2007 @00:03
ONLY relatives, friends and neighbours, those mourning, who usually notice the gap left behind after someone close dies. Also, very little attention is given to a common cause of women death called “the silent killer”. This is when a woman dies due to child birth related causes. Staff Writer JIANG ALIPO writes on. Continue Reading »
Posted by Vulie Kunene on 16 May 2007 | Tagged as: Community Support, General, Maternal Protection, Tanzania
Pakistan: Working Women and their Challenges
A dilemma Faced By working women
Islamabad: Speeches and tall claims marked the International Womens Day yet
working women continue to face problems that have not been adequately
addressed, among them the dilemma of where to leave their kids as they go
off to work.
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Posted by Vulie Kunene on 01 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Maternal Protection
