FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 7, 2015 CONTACT: Deborah O’Neil, doneil@ariadnelabs.org, 305-215-5675 WHAT: Global Launch of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist More than 300,000 women and 2.7 million infants die in childbirth every year around the world. The new Safe Childbirth Checklist & Implementation Guide developed by the World Health Organization in partnership with Ariadne Labs… Continue reading MEDIA ADVISORY: Global Launch of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist

Ariadne Labs’ Associate Director of Safe Surgery, Dr. Alex Haynes, joined Harvard Chan’s This Week in Health to discuss his new research examining the relationship between C-section rates and maternal and neonatal mortality in 194 countries.  The research concludes that as the country-level C- section rate increases up to 19 percent, maternal and neonatal mortality rates… Continue reading Dr. Alex Haynes discusses what C-sections can tell us about a health system

Worldwide, the majority of maternal and newborn deaths occur around the time of birth, typically within the first 24 hours after childbirth. Most of these deaths are preventable. The World Health Organization’s new Safe Childbirth Checklist and Implementation Guide targets the major causes of maternal and newborn complications and deaths, including post-partum haemorrhage, infection, obstructed… Continue reading New Safe Childbirth Checklist targets major causes of maternal and newborn deaths