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This is a summary in MedPage Today of article by P. Gupta et al. that appears in January Issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. There is also accompanying editorial by Haws and Darmstadt.
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Scientists in a federally sponsored global research network will undertake a new project that will train midwives and traditional birth attendants in the developing world on how to treat newborn asphyxia, a major cause of infant death.
March 29, 2005
Announcement of new publications available through the Population Council.
March 25, 2005
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November 16, 2004
A Chinese herbal drug that is strikingly effective against malaria is in critically short supply because of rising demand, public health officials and pharmaceutical executives say.
November 15, 2004
The World Health Organisation (WHO) deplored the worldwide shortage of midwives, particularly in poorer countries, saying the dearth was responsible for the death of tens of thousands of mothers and infants worldwide.
July 12, 2004
As HIV/AIDS gains new (and deserved) attention and funds, it will be ironic if Western governments overlook another accelerating epidemic that has killed and disabled even more people in the past 20 years. It is malaria.
July 9, 2004
The World Health Organization wants to establish an international registry of drug trials to ensure that the public finds out when medications do not work, as well as when they do.
October 8, 2003
In early September 2003, a cluster randomized controlled trial began for a behavioral intervention in Argentina and Uruguay to increase the use of two evidence-based birth practices: the selective use of episiotomies and active management of the third stage of labor.
May 9, 2003
The Government of India declares 11th April, the birthday of Kasturba Gandhi (wife of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation) as Rastriya Janani Suraksha Divas (National Safe Motherhood Day)
September 11, 2002
On 11 September Global Network Site 8 became the the first site to begin recruitment of study participants. Read more about this important achievement by the team in Belgaum, India.
September 5, 2002
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January 18, 2000
NICHD and the Gates Foundation agree to support an international research network.
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