Child deaths fall to a new low
According to the United Nations for the first time the number of annual child deaths have fallen below seven million. “The new child mortality estimates show that concerted efforts to get proven lifesaving care to children work and that, in the 21stcentury, children no longer need to die from preventable causes,” said Carolyn Miles, President [...]
Safer birth practices a must for Timor-Leste
In Timor-Leste women have an average of 7 children, yet in a country with birthrates so high care for maternal or newborn health and safety is lacking. In a country were babies are far from the rarity, health problems for mother and babies are also far from rare. Due to the lack of adequate prenatal [...]
