Nigeria carries one of the world’s highest burdens of maternal and newborn mortality. Each year, 240,000 newborns die within their first month of life, including 94,000 on the
When Sarah, a labouring mother, attended the Mallakachalla Primary Health Care Centre in Borno State, Nigeria, she did not anticipate a difficult breech birth – and that her
In Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria, 25-year-old Hadizah Abdulrahman – an internally displaced mother originally from Bama in Borno State – held her newborn daughter, Rahama. The mother’s eyes brimmed
Already a mother to 7 children, Maria Charles from the Mwanza region of Tanzania, went into labour with her 8th child. Maria’s husband took her to her local health
Hege Ersdal, Professor in Global Health and Simulation and lead co-author of a study into the outcomes of the Safer Births Bundle of Care program in Tanzania, shares
Sixty healthcare professionals in Nigeria are the first in the country to be trained as part of the Safer Births Bundle of Care program, which is now being
27th February 2025: Safer Births researchers have published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing a 40% reduction in early newborn death* and a 75%
In late June at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Conference, there was excitement and enthusiasm about a lifesaving program that is helping to save
Riziki Salehe is from the Katoro region of Tanzania. Alreadya mother to an eleven year old child, Riziki had since experienced difficultiesduring pregnancies – with this one being
June 2024 – The 3rd annual stakeholder meeting for SBBC took place in Tanzania. It was well attended – including by decision makers from other countries with high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality.
Well trained healthcare personnel are helping to keep newborn babies alive, like Neema’s baby.
March 2024 – The implementation of the second phase of the Safer Birth Bundle of Care (SBBC) program in Tanzania has begun, reaching 152 hospitals across 5 regions with the aim of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality.
Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health invited the Safer Births Consortium to share the results from the Safer Births Bundle of Care implementation in Tanzania, and to explore the
The Safer Births consortium attended a meeting in Mwanza, Tanzania marking the formal conclusion of the first phase of the lifesaving program: the Safer Births Bundle of Care.
Learning from experts: Sharing research and supporting collaboration According to the WHO Progress Report 2023 the reduction of deaths of pregnant women, mothers, and babies has stagnated since 2015.
The Safer Births Bundle of Care (SBBC) program is implemented in 30 hospitals in five regions in Tanzania. It is funded by the Global Financing Facility and implemented
In May (8th to the 11th) at the International Maternal Newborn health Conference 2023 in South Africa, more than 1,500 stakeholders from around the world will come together
“Safer Births Bundle of Care” Implementation and Perinatal Impact at 30 Hospitals in Tanzania—Halfway Evaluation. Safer Births Bundle of Care (SBBC) consists of innovative clinical and training tools
The 2nd annual stakeholder meeting for the Safer Birth Bundle of Care program in Tanzania was held on March 25th, 2023. Discussions included the promising lifesaving impact and cost-efficiency
Hege Ersdal demonstrates part of the Safer Births Bundle of Care to Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director in UNFPA and Anne Beate Tvinnereim, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Aid,
TANZANIA, March 2022. Based on the success of the Safer Births Program, a global research collaboration, the Safer Births Bundle of Care (SBBC) received 4.5 million USD in
The Safer Births Bundle of Care project includes digital technologies for large-scale comprehensive data collection of health system processes like facility readiness, dissemination of equipment and training, frequencies
MWANZA, TANZANIA. The first stakeholder meeting for the Safer Births Bundle of Care was held in Mwanza to report on the launch of the program and progress to
As part of the Safer Births contributions to research in the field of newborn resuscitation, new six research articles have recently been published in peer-reviewed journals including a
STAVANGER, NORWAY. Deprivation of oxygen to a newborn during and after birth can lead to birth asphyxia, a leading cause of newborn death, cerebral palsy, and other long-term
WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank’s Global Financing Facility (GFF) announced five awardees under the Innovation-to-Scale initiative to scale up proven innovations for the reduction of maternal and
Safer Births Project has been chosen by SkatteFUNN, a Norwegian grant for tax reductions to companies working in research and development. In relation to this grant, the Norwegian
Intrapartum-related hypoxia accounts for 30% of neonatal deaths in Tanzania. This has led to the introduction and scaling-up of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) programme…
Abstract Objective: To characterize, among non-breathing flaccid neonates at delivery, immediate heartrate and responses to ventilation in relation to the clinical diagnosis of fresh stillbirth (FSB) or early neonatal death (END)
Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is a simulation-based educational program developed to help reduce perinatal mortality worldwide. A one-day HBB training course was not shown to improve clinical management