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Every day, more than 800 young women and 7,000 babies die around the time of childbirth worldwide, while thousands more suffer life-threatening and lifelong complications. Globally, we have made great strides in lowering the deaths of women and newborns; however, there is substantial room for improvement as childbirth remains the No. 2 killer of… Continue reading BetterBirth
Documenting feeding, growth, and development in more than 1,100 low birthweight infants to identify who is most at risk and what helps.
A trial and supportive care package evaluating how to improve feeding for small vulnerable newborns in India, Malawi, and Tanzania.
Ilana Dzuba is the Assistant Director of the Vulnerable Infant Portfolio on the BetterBirth team at Ariadne Labs, which aims to strengthen growth and health outcomes for low birthweight and preterm infants in resource-limited settings. An experienced researcher and program leader, she co-leads the Low Birthweight and Preterm Infant Feeding Trial and Supportive Care Package… Continue reading Ilana Dzuba, MHS
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The BetterBirth Team and their partners at KEMRI Wellcome Trust and the University of Oxford published the results from their mixed methods study at three county referral hospitals in Kenya to explore the impact of birth complications on mothers’ and families’ postpartum experiences and wellbeing.
Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death during childbirth. Every year, it affects 14 million women around the world. About 70,000 of those women die as a result, and many more require urgent surgery to control the bleeding. Global guidelines have offered insight into how to effectively manage postpartum hemorrhage in a clinical… Continue reading Combating Postpartum Hemorrhage with Effective Implementation
The BetterBirth team and partners’ systematic review found evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of the Safe Childbirth Checklist in reducing stillbirths and improving adherence to essential birth practices.
The BetterBirth team and their partners published the latest on their research of Manyata, a quality assurance and improvement program that provides training, mentorship and accreditation to private maternity facilities in India.
