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Saving newborns in remote areas of Bangladesh
For Poheli Chakma, the joy of being a new mother was interrupted nine days after delivering her first child, a son, on 26 February 2022. Poheli’s baby had been born via C-section at the Rangamati General Hospital – a one-hour boat journey from her village. While recovering in hospital, Poheli received counselling ...
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UNICEF’s midwifery and obstetric kits: Ensuring a safe childbirth around the world
Although more women and children are surviving childbirth than ever before, a pregnant woman or newborn still dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world, mostly from preventable causes. Mothers often die as a result of obstetric complications, such as high blood pressure, during pregnancy, and severe bleeding o...
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Three ways UNICEF provides oxygen
Oxygen is in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and a critical part of the development of life. However, medical oxygen (at least 82 per cent pure and free from contamination) is critical for treating patients with respiratory diseases. Unfortunately, it is often unavailable in many parts of the world. UNIC...
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Therapeutic milk market and supply update
This note provides an update on therapeutic milk, highlighting milk supply for the period 2020-2021. It also highlights the successful transition to new product packaging in metal canisters allowing for a longer shelf life once opened, preparation in smaller quantities, less waste, reduced contamination risks, as ...
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Target Product Profile: Newborn Care
Issued in April 2020 In collaboration with UNICEF, NEST360 is driving the development of target product profiles for newborn care in low-resource settings. Through a delphi-like process that culminated in an in-person consensus meeting, the TPPs were developed listing a proposed set of performance and operational characteristics for 16 newborn products across 6 product categories: Hydration, Nutrition and Drug Delivery; Jaundice Management; Point...
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Obstetric, Surgical Kit technical bulletin
The kit contains basic drugs, renewable medical supplies, medical equipment, surgical instruments, and basic sterilisation and resuscitation equipment for health facilities to handle an average of 100 deliveries, including 50 with complications and surgery (with an average of 25 caesarean sections). The kit is intended for use by trained personnel such as midwives, nurses, physicians, obstetricians, gynaecologists, surgeons and anaesthetists.
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Midwifery Kit technical bulletin
The kit contains basic drugs, renewable medical supplies, medical equipment and basic sterilisation and resuscitation equipment for health facilities to perform an average of 50 normal deliveries.