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  • Strengthening Community Health Systems to Improve MNH Outcomes at the Last Mile

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  July 26, 2023  //  By Alicia Adler

    Hauwa Mustapha, 30, interacts with other women during mother-mother session within their community at Sulubri, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, on saturday, 25 September 2021 Photo by KC Nwakalor for IRC Hauwa Mustapha, 30, is a community based exclusive breastfeeding advocate. She often goes around in her community speaking to other mothers or soon to be mothers about the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, educating them on healthy locally-sourced foods to avoid severe acute malnutrition in their children and other best practices in looking after new-borns. As part of IRC’s sustainability measures towards eradicating severe acute malnutrition in children, mothers were trained in various skill acquisition programs and provided with tools needed to kickstart their journey towards economic independence; if mothers had means of livelihood, they would ultimately provide the nutritional needs for their babies.  These assistance included (but not limited provision) of sewing machines, seedlings for farming and capital grants to start small businesses.

    Advances in reducing maternal mortality were seen all over the world in recent decades. Unfortunately, that progress now has stagnated, and immediate and decisive action is necessary to change the current trajectory.

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  • ECSP Weekly Watch | July 17 – 21

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    Eye On  //  July 21, 2023  //  By Angus Soderberg
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    Extreme Heat’s Toll on Pregnancy and Reproductive Health

    Preliminary data collected by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shows that the first week of July 2023 was the hottest week on record. Recent global heatwaves also prompted a public health alert from the WMO concerning rising health risks.

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  • Solar Suitcases for Safe Delivery

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  July 19, 2023  //  By Laura Stachel
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    Imagine trying to perform a C-section, or conduct a delivery, in a hospital with no light.

    For hundreds of thousands of health workers, this is the reality they face each night. Close to 300,000 women and one million newborns (primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia) die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth each year. Hemorrhage, infection, eclampsia, obstructed labor, and unsafe abortion cause the majority of obstetric deaths— many of which could be prevented with access to timely emergency obstetric care.

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  • Understanding El Niño’s Broad and Pervasive Impacts is Essential To Mitigation

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    July 10, 2023  //  By Danielly de Paiva Magalhães
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    Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have predicted an El Niño event between late 2023 and early 2024. El Niño is a complex climate phenomenon characterized by unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator that typically happens every two to seven years. This phenomenon amplifies the likelihood of severe weather events in specific regions due to changes it creates in atmospheric circulation patterns, which escalate and initiate consequences for the environment, economy, and human health.

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  • Midwives in Humanitarian Settings: Realities of Strengthening an Essential Health Workforce

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    Dot-Mom  //  July 5, 2023  //  By Sarah B. Barnes
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    One in every 23 people is expected to need humanitarian assistance in 2023. That is a record 339 million this year alone. During such humanitarian crises, the needs of women, newborns and adolescents are often unmet, with devastating consequences. In fact, in 2023, 58 percent of global maternal deaths, 50 percent of newborn deaths, and 51 percent of stillbirths worldwide occur in the 29 countries with a UN humanitarian response plan or regional response plan.

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  • Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act: Criminalization’s Impact on HIV and AIDS Response

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    Dot-Mom  //  Reading Radar  //  June 29, 2023  //  By Sophia DeLuca
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    Four months ago, the resident medical officer at the HIV and AIDS clinic in Kampala, Uganda reported that the clinic treated up to 50 patients a day. Now, the clinic is relatively empty, and supplies of antiretroviral therapy (ART) pile up, unused.

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  • Varicella Vaccination: An Essential Part of Latin America’s Public Health and Economy

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  June 21, 2023  //  By Katherine Cooper
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    It is a sign of enormous progress that vaccines are currently available to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases. And health and economic data supports the widespread benefits of regular access to vaccination in public health. Yet it is estimated that 20 million infants or so each year do not have access to vaccination for a number of diseases, including varicella (also known as “chickenpox”).

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  • New Global Health & Gender Policy Brief: The Global Burden of Stillbirths

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    Dot-Mom  //  June 14, 2023  //  By Maternal Health Initiative Staff
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    In 2021, 1.9 million stillbirths occurred globally. A baby who dies at or after 28 weeks of pregnancy,* and is born with no sign of life is classified as a stillbirth. Stillbirths can be caused by pregnancy and childbirth-related complications, like hemorrhage, placental abruption, and pre-eclampsia; maternal infections during pregnancy, including malaria and sexually transmitted infections; prolonged pregnancy to 42 weeks or more; and pre-existing health conditions. Other risk factors include maternal age and smoking during pregnancy.

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