They say that big things come in small packages, and preterm babies are no exception. By definition, preterm birth is a birth that occurs before 37 weeks of gestation. The number of complications rise drastically every week before 32 weeks of gestation as does the costs of care. The article “A Preemie Revolution” by…
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On August 1, 2014, hundreds of development professionals will convene in Washington D.C. for the Saving Lives at Birth Development XChange. The XChange showcases the 52 finalists and their proposals, widdled down from an initial 500 proposals. Additionally, the winner of the People’s Choice Award will be announced at the event. The Saving Lives…
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The United Nation’s Every Woman Every Child movement has expanded their “Committing to Child Survival: A Promise Renewed” Call to Action to target the most critical and impactful period of a child’s life: the neonatal period. The neonatal period refers to the first 28 days of a newborn’s life, a period in which…
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The Data for Life Prize aims to support scientific evaluation of efforts to save children’s lives in order to maximize effectiveness. For this prize, we ask applicants to design a scientific study to validate the success of their child mortality intervention in the most convincing way possible: cold, hard data. Although evaluation tends to…
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If you’re a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you’re not going to be a good scientist. –Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Data can do a lot. It is an essential component in reaching global health equity. It provides the tools for the mapping of where diseases…
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In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development. –Jeffrey Sachs @JeffDSachs The celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970 was just the beginning of a worldwide movement to improve various issues…
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The link between local community health and global health is often overlooked. When poor health systems are discussed it is often in the context of “us vs. them” a developed to developing relationship that has very few parallels. In many ways this is true: the diseases that plague the developing world are not as prevalent…
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“I want this school not only to empower Kenya’s girls, but also their mothers, fathers, and entire villages.” –Kakenya Ntaiya @KakenyaN Did you know that women’s literacy rates are significantly lower than men’s in most developing countries? Education is important for all, but essential for the survival and empowerment of women and girls. Investing in girls’…
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“Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.” -Hans Christian Andersen Today, on April 2nd, International Children’s Book Day is being celebrated around the world to inspire a love of reading and celebrate children’s literature. This day has been celebrated since…
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“We are all here because of our commitment to fighting AIDS. But we cannot win the battle against AIDS if we do not also fight TB. TB is too often a death sentence for people with AIDS.” -Nelson Mandela, 15 July 2004, XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok In 1988 Nelson Mandela, received a tuberculosis (TB)…
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