News tagged with birth attendant

Study finds simple interventions reduce newborn deaths in Africa

Training community birth attendants in rural Zambia in a simple newborn resuscitation protocol reduced neonatal deaths by nearly 50 percent – a finding that shows high potential to save lives in similar remote settings, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Training birth attendants in developing countries increases babies' survival

In developing countries, where millions of babies die in the womb or soon after birth, research has shown that providing training in newborn care and resuscitation to birth attendants significantly increases the likelihood ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0