Sentences with phrase «death of a newborn child»

Do you believe medical malpractice is to blame for the death of a newborn child?

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The mission of the Save Babies Through Screening Foundation is to improve the lives of children and their families, by working to prevent disabilities and death resulting from disorders detectable through newborn screening tests.

-LSB-...] of death to children beyond the newborn stage.

The objective of the Maternal Newborn Child Initiative is to give momentum to the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5 aimed at reducing the outrageous global rates of maternal and child deaths, malnutrition and illChild Initiative is to give momentum to the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5 aimed at reducing the outrageous global rates of maternal and child deaths, malnutrition and illchild deaths, malnutrition and illness.

«It is important for health care professionals, staff in newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care units, and child care providers to endorse the recommended ways to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep - related deaths, starting at birth,» Dr. Moon said.

With a target of halving maternal and newborn deaths in facilities in 5 years, national governments from 9 first wave countries and partners are joining forces to establish a Network to improve the quality of care provided to mothers, newborns and children.

Broadening the focus from access to care to include quality of care, WHO and UNICEF are launching a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience oNewborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience onewborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of care.

In response to this situation, WHO and UNICEF are launching a Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience oNewborn and Child Health to cut preventable maternal and newborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience onewborn illness and deaths, and to improve every mother's experience of care.

Globally 2.6 million children died in the first month of life — approximately 7 000 newborn deaths every day with about 1 million dying on the first day and close to 1 million dying within the next 6 days.

Newborn, or neonatal, deaths account for 46 % of all deaths among children under 5.

Breast feeding is clearly an issue for public health consideration as it provides significant protection against infections in newborns and infants.12 Because breast feeding has been shown to protect against infections so profoundly in developing countries, it is estimated that an increase in breast feeding worldwide by 40 % would reduce deaths from respiratory infection by 50 % in children less than 18 months of age.3

Every Newborn aims to support countries in ending preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths in support of Every Women EveryNewborn aims to support countries in ending preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths in support of Every Women Everynewborn deaths and stillbirths in support of Every Women Every Child.

However, progress on reducing newborn deaths (in the first 28 days) has been slower meaning that as a whole the world failed to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing child deaths by two - thirds between 1990 and 2015.

She noted a high number of deaths among newborn children born at the mission clinic, and observed too a sudden spike in stillbirths among their herd of pigs.

«These are exciting findings that could play a key role in reducing newborn deaths and giving every child the chance to grow up smart and strong,» says Trevor Mundel, President of the Global Health Division of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

These services, they found, could prevent 1.5 million newborn deaths, 1.5 million child deaths, and 149,000 maternal deaths — equivalent to half of all maternal, newborn and child deaths annually.

Back in 2007, Camille Laurens accused Marie Darrieussecq of taking elements from her 1995 book, Phillipe, inspired by the death of her newborn son, to write the novel Tom est mort, about a grieving mother who loses a child.

Address the issue of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) through broad scale, multi-year programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Bolivia — countries where the poor health of women, newborns and children leads to millions of preventable deaths and exacerbates global poverty

Birth Injuries A birth injury or death to a newborn child causes immense heartbreak for a family and a lifetime of emotional and financial hardship for the child and parents.

Canadians who are sick, pregnant, or caring for a newborn or adopted child, as well as those who must care for a family member who is seriously ill with a significant risk of death or who must provide care or support to their critically ill or injured child may also be assisted by Employment Insurance.

(i) premature birth, low - birth weight infants, and infant mortality, including infant death due to neglect, or other indicators of at - risk prenatal, maternal, newborn, or child health;