Maternal, Newborn & Child Health

Noticing Needs of Undernourished Children  

At 21 months, Neema is the picture of health, bright-eyed and toddling around her family’s home.  She plays hide and seek with her two older sisters and laughs with glee. It’s a relief to her mother, who just three months ago, sat with her very sick daughter in the local hospital, trying to comfort the

Jhpiego’s Approach Is Part of a Solution Proven to Slash Top Cause of Maternal Death 

Maternal care

  Maybe you read about it in the New England Journal of Medicine, or heard the World Health Organization’s announcement or saw Bill Gates’ tweets about E-MOTIVE—a just-published landmark study in which Jhpiego played an integral role.   If so, good news like this bears repeating. If you haven’t heard about E-MOTIVE, we’re happy to share our take

Quality Emergency Health Care for Mom and Baby — Even on a Boat in a Rain Storm 

Isaiah’s birth day is one his mother will never forget.  Rain was falling on her island home in Lake Bangweulu when Linda Bwembya’s labor pains began. She sought care at the local health center, where she fully expected to give birth as she had with her first child. But a Jhpiego-trained nurse examined Linda and realized the