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A mother lies on her side, head in hand, with her baby seated in front of her outside a health centre in Uganda.
Programme
07 August 2019
Strengthening district health systems
UNICEF helps find local solutions for global health challenges.
A mother lies next to her one-day-old baby, covered in blankets.
Programme
01 August 2019
Maternal and newborn health
Newborns and mothers are still dying in appalling numbers – mostly from preventable causes.
Razoeliarinala Tamby, 26, buys food at a market in Ambanitsena, Madagascar, 2019.
Programme
29 January 2021
Maternal nutrition
Preventing malnutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women.
A happy mother gives her baby a kiss on the cheek.
Programme
01 August 2019
Maternal, newborn and child survival
Improving the survival chances of newborns, children and mothers is an urgent global challenge.
Associate Director, Maternal and Newborn Child Health
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Biography
27 January 2022
Lu Wei Pearson
Associate Director, Maternal and Newborn Child Health
Press release
19 December 2021
Latest child mortality estimates reveal world remains off track to meeting Sustainable Development Goals
New report by the UN IGME reveals an urgent need to invest in strengthening data systems to track newborn and child health and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, two thirds of which have had no reliable mortality data in the past three years
A new mother rests after giving birth in Baria, Gujarat, India.
Article
16 December 2021
Navigating pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic
How to protect yourself and your baby
Document
28 June 2021
UNICEF Health Programme Results 2020: Key highlights

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A woman in Sierra Leone sleeps after giving birth to a stillborn baby at home after 10 hours of labour. She was brought to the hospital for emergency removal of a retained placenta. Of eight pregnancies, she has four surviving children.
Article
03 November 2020
What you need to know about stillbirths
Answers to common questions about this tragic loss of life
Stillbirth
Press release
07 October 2020
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates
COVID-19-related health service disruptions could worsen the situation, potentially adding nearly 200,000 more stillbirths over a 12-month period
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