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17 November 2024

UNICEF Calls for Urgent Action on World Prematurity Day to Save Lives of Newborns

PORT MORESBY, 17 November 2024 – UNICEF urges healthcare workers and policy makers to guarantee high-quality healthcare for all preterm babies, no matter where, when, or how they are born, and calls on the government and partners to back initiatives that make quality maternal and newborn health care accessible to ...

08 October 2020

One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates

NEW YORK/ GENEVA, 8 October 2020– Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic ...

UNICEF, NDoH and St John team up to enhance coverage in maternal, newborn and child health services

PORT MORESBY, 14 July 2020 – UNICEF today signed a new partnership with St John Ambulance in Papua New Guinea to support a package of interventions aimed at enhancing pre-hospital and ambulance care for maternal, new-born and child health. The partnership, which is being supported by the Australian Government, was...

UNICEF, NDoH and St John Ambulance collaborate to improve ambulance care for maternal emergencies

PORT MORESBY, 9 June 2020 – Paramedical care provided by ambulance officers for maternal emergencies in the National Capital District and Central Province is expected to be enhanced following a collaboration between UNICEF, St John Ambulance and the National Department of Health. Under this collaboration, UNICEF d...

Countries failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warn WHO and UNICEF

GENEVA/ NEW YORK, 27 May 2020 - A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, countries are still falling short in protecting parents from misleading information. The COVID-19 pandemic highl...

Essential Medical Equipment donated to WHPHA to improve maternal and newborn care in Western Highlands Province

Port Moresby, 22 August 2019 – A donation of much needed essential medical equipment and consumables that was handed over to the Western Highlands Provincial Health Authority today will help boost maternal and new born care in Western Highlands Province. This equipment has been generously donated by a wonderful pr...

Improved maternal and newborn care to benefit 10,800 mothers & new-borns in Milne Bay Province

ALOTAU, 15 July 2019 – A maternal and newborn care programme launched today in Alotau will ensure up to 10,800 newborns and their mothers receive a comprehensive package of care to ensure they survive and thrive over the next three years in Milne Bay Province. The programme, Saving Lives - Spreading Smiles , focus...

Preterm babies in PNG to benefit from screening and treatment of childhood blindness

PORT MORESBY, 6 JUNE 2019 – Thousands of preterm babies in PNG who could have been condemned to a life of visual impairment or blindness now have a chance to be properly screened and treated, thanks to an important partnership that will specifically address this issue. UNICEF in collaboration with the University o...

21 February 2019

A tiny bracelet saving lives in Papua New Guinea

It is just a few hours before sundown in Tambul in the Western Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. Women gather on a grassy field, some of them carrying their infants in a traditional string bag that is commonly used in the country. A volunteer is explaining the workings of an innovation known locally as the ‘...

19 September 2018

33,000 babies and mothers in Western Highlands Province to benefit from improved maternal and newborn care

MT HAGEN, 19 SEPTEMBER 2018 – A maternal and newborn care programme launched today in Mt. Hagen will ensure up to 34,000 babies born over the next three years in Western Highlands Province receive a comprehensive package of care to ensure they survive and thrive. The programme – Saving Lives, Spreading Smiles -foc...

11 September 2018

Saving Lives, Spreading Smiles

PORT MORESBY, 11 September 2018 – A new maternal and newborn care project was launched in Port Moresby today. The project focuses on preventing and managing bleeding after delivery, a common cause of death in mothers and neonatal hypothermia (low body temperature) in newborns. The project is supported by the Austr...

Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 1 August 2017 – No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a new initiative to increase global breastfeeding rates. The Global Breastfeeding Scorecard , which…