Equalize Health

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Historically, technological advancement in neonatal care has been transformative. Survival chances for premature babies increased significantly through technological progress such as development of incubators & ventilators specifically designed for newborns #WorldPrematurityWeek

Although maternal health has improved in recent decades, prematurity remains a major global health issue. Prematurity still leads to organ injury, especially of the lungs and brain, and is responsible for half of perinatal mortality. #WorldPrematurityWeek

Suboptimal use of technology in middle-income settings is increasing the burden of disability among preterm babies who survive the neonatal period. Adequately using technology has the potential to decrease the burden of preterm birth and reduce health costs #WorldPrematurityWeek

Prematurity is the leading cause of death for under-5-year-olds. Global survival rates are highly unequal. In low-income settings, half of the babies born at or below 32 weeks die from a lack of feasible, cost-effective care, such as breathing difficulties. #WorldPrematurityDay

#WorldPrematurityDay also raises awareness of the importance of experience and quality care from the health system and, thus, advance policies that guarantee the full rights of both babies and their families

Today, the world observes World Prematurity Day, a special occasion to bring attention, give visibility, and raise awareness of the needs and rights of premature babies and their families. #WorldPrematurityDay

In fact, studies have shown that improvements in global health have contributed to approximately one-third of the economic growth in advanced economies over the past century.

Equalizing access to quality healthcare improves not only individual and population-level outcomes, but also has positive effects on the economy as a whole: good health and prompt, effective treatment enable patients to live active, productive lives.

Longstanding health inequities that existed even before the pandemic are now in the spotlight, demonstrating the importance of having quality, accessible healthcare and, more importantly, that access to life-saving medical technologies is vital to addressing health inequities.

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Through #SDG 3, health is central to Agenda 2030 and linked to over a dozen targets in other goals on urban health, equal access to treatments, and non-communicable diseases.

Boston Nyer, interim CEO of @EqualizeHealth, spoke at the Leaders in Health Innovation series about his nonprofit’s mission to design accessible medical devices for the world’s most economically disadvantaged. Link to the article: eih.uw.edu/news/article/2…

"Public hospitals are strapped." Yassah Lavelah, a nurse from Monrovia is addressing that and help ensure women deliver in hospitals. npr.org/sections/goats…

C'mon people. It's 2022. 2.2 million U.S. women of childbearing age – 15 to 44 – live in 'maternity care deserts' - where there is little to no access to maternity care. Thx @MarchofDimes + @CNN for continuing to cover + publicize. cnn.com/2022/10/11/hea…

All babies and mothers are entitled to affordable, high-quality health care before, during and after pregnancy. Uneven access to affordable, high-quality health care and services still impedes many countries from improving maternal and newborn survival and reducing stillbirths.

Happening now: @EqualizeHealth shares its impact formula for identifying the most significant need for technologies and developing devices with the greatest impact.

In their “Conversations for Change,” Opportunity Collaboration tackles the topic of the role of philanthropy in promoting wellbeing for social change leaders - a relevant topic as we come out of the pandemic and focusing on building back better #OC2022

The vast majority of maternal and neonatal deaths occur in low-resource settings, and many could be avoided if frontline healthcare workers, health systems, and processes for providing care during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and immediately after birth were strengthened.

Ending preventable maternal and neonatal deaths is at the core of the #SDGs third objective of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages, where all children across the globe reach their fifth birthday and no woman dies as an outcome of pregnancy or childbirth.

.@EqualizeHealth through the ECHO telementoring programme is building the capacity of healthcare workers to deliver care for maternal and newborn health effectively

Effective prevention and management of conditions during pregnancy, childbirth, and the early newborn period are likely to reduce maternal and early neonatal deaths significantly.

Improving the quality of care in health facilities is increasingly recognized as an essential focus in the quest to end preventable mortality and morbidity among mothers and newborns.