tailieunhanh - Maternal, neonatal, and child health

Health care providers are well placed to detect, treat, and prevent environmentally-related diseases and health conditions. Few mechanisms and structures are in place to enhance the recognition of environmental influences on human health, serve as repositories and sources of information for those concerned about children’s health and the environment, and promote action towards healthier and safer environments for children of today and adults of the future. | BILL MELINDA Gates foundation MATERNAL NEONATAL AND CHILD HEALTH STRATEGY OVERVIEW OUR MISSION Guided by the belief that all lives have equal value the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy productive lives. Our Global Health Program supports this mission by harnessing advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on problems that have a major impact on people in the developing world but get too little attention and funding. Where proven tools exist we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don t we invest in research and development of new interventions such as vaccines drugs and diagnostics. Our financial resources while significant represent a very small fraction of the overall funding needed to improve global health on a large scale. We therefore advocate for the policies and resources needed to provide people with greater access to health solutions. Strong partnerships are also essential to our success in making a difference and saving lives. THE OPPORTUNITY This is a promising time to be working on ensuring the care of mothers and newborns. The global health community has at its disposal a range of cost-effective proven solutions that can halt the majority of conditions causing maternal and neonatal 2 3 4 These include antibiotics for infections sterile blades to cut umbilical cords misoprostol and oxytocin for preventing and treating postpartum hemorrhage and teaching mothers the importance of immediate exclusive breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact to keep their babies warm. Applying such low-cost interventions can ensure the survival of up to 70 percent of 4 5 New tools and technologies for early identification of dangerous conditions plus strategies to more rapidly diagnose and treat mothers and babies also provide a significant ability to achieve maximum health impact. However even with tested low-cost solutions for maternal and neonatal health .