Archive for 'maternal health'
The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, was here last weekend to see the work that Nepal is doing on health care provision for mothers and babies. The Duchess, who – for those that don’t know, used to be married to the Queen’s son, Prince Andrew – was here primarily with the White Ribbon Alliance which [...]
The nurse gently turned the over the little baby in the incubator, checking his condition; she indicated that he was doing well. In the Intensive Care Unit in Kibagabaga District Hospital, Dr Blaize showed us the equipment they have for premature and sick babies. It looked good, clean and new – just like the hospital [...]
I’m just back from a trip to the far north west of Bangladesh, near the Indian border. It was a very welcome, cool and quiet change from Dhaka. I first took part in a review of joint donor support to the health sector with colleagues from DFID, the World Health Organisation and the Government of [...]
