Maternal Health Articles & Analysis
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With her parents and sister being nurses, Gillian was inspired to pursue a career in Global Health Engineering. She was one of the first students at the University of Michigan to be a part of the Global Health Engineering program that Professor Sienko created. Following graduation, Gillian and fellow engineers created DIIME, Design Innovations for Infants and ...
2021 Optina, an innovative diagnostics company leading the field of Retinal Imaging, Brain Health and Systemic Diseases Diagnostics, announced today the closing of an CA$24.8 million Series A round of funding. ...
Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Alydia Health announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which, after the intended Merck spinoff of Organon, Organon will acquire Alydia Health. Alydia Health is a commercial-stage medical device company focused on preventing ...
Professor Zhou Chonggao, Vice Chairman of Neonatal Minimally Invasive Surgery Group of Professional Committee on Minimally Invasive Surgery for Women and Children. China Maternal and Child Health Association and Deputy Director of Neonatal Surgery in Hunan Children's Hospital. Professor Zhong Wei, Deputy Head of Neonatal Surgery Group of Pediatric Surgery Branch, ...
The system also can assess evolving maternal factors that reflect health and labor progression. For both fetal and maternal abnormalities, the PeriWatch Vigilance platform was designed to provide timely and consistent recognition and notification to clinicians within their existing workflow regarding aberrant values and trends. ...
According to the study published today in Scientific Reports, approximately nine out of ten infants are missing Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis) in their gut microbiome, a type of bacteria that plays a critical role in infant health and development. This specific type of gut bacteria has been widely documented as providing the most beneficial impact to infant ...
Over the last 15 years, preventable maternal deaths and harmful postpartum health complications for mothers have increased precipitously in the U.S. due to undetected hemorrhaging, particularly in cesarean deliveries. ...
Providence Ventures, the investment arm of Providence Health & Services, the third largest not-for-profit health system in the United States, led the round, with participation from Jump Capital, a Chicago-based firm specializing in expansion stage and growth capital investments. ...
Neurotoxins related to mining and agricultural development and their impact on maternal and child health throughout the Caribbean will be examined from a hub based in Suriname. ...
Rapid population growth in high-fertility countries can exacerbate a range of existing problems–environmental (resource scarcity and pollution), health (maternal and child mortality), economic (unemployment, low wages and poverty), governmental (lagging investments in health, education and infrastructure), and social (political unrest and ...
Kelly Ferguson, a postdoctoral research fellow, and John Meeker, associate professor of environmental health sciences and associate dean for research at the School of Public Health, along with their team, tested urine samples from pregnant women and found an association between the presence of phthalates and increased levels of biomarkers of oxidative stress. ...
Program commitment over the next three years is $2.6 million for the expansion. "Improving maternal health is a main focus of Developing Health Globally™, and without access to safe anesthesia, maternal and infant mortality cannot be eliminated," said Deb Elam, President, GE Foundation and Chief Diversity Officer, GE. ...
As a first step, they will support the productivity and health of their workforces by introducing a nutrition policy and improving policies for maternal health, including support for breastfeeding mothers. ...
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Food fortification has been recognized by economists and health experts as one of the safest and most cost-effective ways to improve the nutrition of whole populations. ...
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The Institute also administers national health education campaigns on women and heart disease, healthy weight for children, and other topics. ...
Several goals were health-focused — for example, MDG 4 aims to reduce child mortality, MDG 5 to improve maternal health, and MDG 6 to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases. ...
In addition to home visits, the consortium run education seminars at maternity wards, health fairs, and embassy events for new U.S. residents. They also helped establish the DC Lead Elimination Task Force, a coalition of health care providers, academics, government officials and housing policy experts committed to ending lead poisoning in the ...
Balbus, senior advisor for public health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Women and children are at greatest risk for the adverse health effects posed by inefficient stoves, the study authors wrote. ...
Nourimanba is a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) produced by Partners In Health. The World Health Organization recommends RUTFs for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition. ...
The Positive Action for Children Fund was established in 2010 with an initial commitment of £50 million over 10 years to support programmes focused on preventing HIV transmission from mother-to-child, and to better the health and well being of women and vulnerable children around the globe. Such work is closely aligned with the World Health Organization's ...