Improving Maternal Health in Tanzania

Amanda Gailey, MPH, MAT

2019-06-20

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Data Released Today Shows 2,100 Maternal Deaths Potentially Averted in Kigoma, Tanzania, Through Focus on Maternal Health
A region in Tanzania that focused on improving obstetric care services potentially averted an estimated 2,100 maternal deaths between 2011–2018, according to data released today by the CDC Foundation. The data include the results of treatment provided by all emergency obstetric care facilities in the Kigoma Region, where maternal deaths were among the highest in Tanzania, a nation which has the sixth highest number of maternal deaths in the world. 
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New Zika Contraception Access Network Toolkit Offers Resources from Groundbreaking Program for Women

Rachel Powell Lewis, PhD, MPH

2018-11-14

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National Public Health Week 2018: Changing our Future Together

Lisa Splitlog

2018-04-02

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Helping Babies Breathe in Tanzania

Janee Perry

2017-12-06

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Working Together to End Maternal Mortality

Claire Stinson

2017-11-15

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Food Fortification Initiative Helps Protect Children from Birth Defects

Juliana Auma Okoth

2017-09-27

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Newborn Screening Test for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

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Rachna Chandora, MPH
Chronic Disease & Birth Defects
Maternal and Child Health
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Newborn Screening Test for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
CDC's Division of Laboratory Sciences
Biogen MA Inc.
United States of America
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To facilitate collaborative development of a newborn bloodspot screening test to detect the genetic lesions that cause spinal muscular atrophy. The test will be designed to use in public health newborn screening laboratories.
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