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Maternal, Newborn, Child Health & Nutrition

Improving maternal, newborn, and child health is central to PATH's mission and work around the world. Our MNCHN program takes a health-systems oriented, multi-sector approach to strengthening the continuum of care for women, children, families, and communities.

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Maternal, Newborn, Child Health & Nutrition

July 1, 2016
Human milk banks: Bringing superfoods to all babies
Oct. 11, 2017
In Myanmar, a simple switch to fortified rice brings huge nutritional impact
Sept. 22, 2015
A balloon to save moms’ lives after giving birth
14 Articles
14 Articles
14 Articles
  1. 16749 - A child gets pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Malawi. Photo: PATH/Doune Porter
    November 27, 2018

    For pneumonia and diarrhea, there's complementarity in tools and partnerships

    Strong national programs and civil society partnerships at all levels contribute to Kenya's progress against pneumonia and diarrhea.
  2. Kenya mother and newborn. Photo PATH/Andrew Berends.
    November 16, 2018

    Kenya passes first unified policy for newborn, child, and adolescent health

    For the first time in its history, Kenya has a unified policy to guide its efforts for improving newborn, child, and adolescent health.
  3. Infant receives a vaccine at a national immunization clinic in The Gambia. Photo: PATH/Lauren Newhouse
    November 9, 2018

    Is the pneumonia prevention toolkit about to get bigger?

    New vaccines on the horizon, if successful, could help resource-strapped countries make valuable headway against the world’s #1 child killer—pneumonia.
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    August 24, 2018

    A seven-in-one test for community health

    A new multiplexed immunoassay enables simultaneous, cost-effective population surveillance for micronutrient deficiencies and health conditions using just a drop of blood
  5. Neeraj Jain
    August 23, 2018

    7 ways public health in India has changed over the last decade

    A national strategy focused on digital health, nutrition, and other high-impact interventions has dramatically improved health outcomes across India—but more work remains to be done.
  6. A smiling mother holds a newborn wrapped in a red blanket.
    August 21, 2018

    Fighting Group B Streptococcus in the hardest hit places

    One of the earliest and most dangerous health threats young infants face is one many parents have never even heard of: Group B Streptococcus (GBS). One researcher gives his take on this South African scourge.
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