How Low-cost Private Health Facilities are Saving Newborns with Targeted Neonatal Emergency Obstetric Care Services in Nairobi Slums: Successes and Remaining Challenges

This blog post by Godfred Adero , a Countdown researcher, summarizes key findings from the urban health study in Nairobi, Kenya.  Adequate neonatal Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) services are critical to ensure that newborn lives are saved and neonatal mortality targets are met. Countless newborn lives are still lost in...

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Countdown to 2030 Participates in the 2023 Annual HMIS Workshop

On November 6-11, 2023, the Countdown to 2030 consortium members from APHRC, Johns Hopkins University, and Pelotas University, attended the 2023 annual HMIS workshop, organised by the West African Health Organization (WAHO) at Azalai Hotel, Guinea-Bissau. The workshop aimed at promoting the production, sharing and use of quality health information...

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Ethnic group inequalities in coverage with reproductive, maternal and child health interventions: cross-sectional analyses of national surveys in 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries

Mesenburg MA, Restrepo-Mendez MC, Hugo Amigo, Balandr_°n AD, Barbosa-Verdun MA, Caicedo-Vel_°squez B, Carvajal-Aguirre L, Coimbra CEA, Ferreira LZ, del Pilar Flores-Quispe M, Flores-Ram__rez C, Gatica-Dominguez G, Huicho L, Jinesta-Campos K, Krishnadath ISK, Maia FS, Marquez-Callisaya IA, Martinez MM, Mujica OJ, Pingray V, Retamoso A, R__os-Quituizaca P, Vel_°squez-Rivas J, Vi_°fara-L__pez CA,...

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