News, Newsletters, Press Releases, and Speeches

News

2007

• Visit the New Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASICS) Web Site
  The new site, www.basics.org, is an excellent resource for locating and downloading publications, reviewing project activities, and keeping up-to-date on critical issues in child survival.  Begun in 1994 and now in its third 5-year cycle, BASICS serves as the USAID Bureau for Global Health’s lead technical assistance partner in developing and implementing newborn and child survival strategies. The project is funded by USAID and implemented by the Partnership for Child Health Care, Inc.  The Partnership is comprised of the Academy for Educational Development, John Snow, Inc., and Management Sciences for Health. Subcontractors include the Manoff Group, Inc., the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, and Save the Children Federation, Inc.
  

2005

• New USAID-Supported Research Shows Infection Prevention Agent Can Reduce Newborn Deaths - 10/05
• Dramatic Improvements in Maternal Health in Egypt - 04/05
• Improving Access to Health Care in Peru
• In the Balance: Saving the Lives of Mothers, Newborns & Children [PDF, 363KB]
  Including a message from USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios
• Reducing Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Nicaragua
• USAID Maternal and Neonatal Health Programs in Afghanistan
• USAID-Supported Research Finds Three-Fourths of Newborn Deaths Are Preventable
• USAID Battles Neonatal Deaths in India
• Newborn Health Interventions in Senegal
• USAID Support to the Ministry of Health's Neonatal Asphyxia Program in El Salvador
• The Lancet: Neonatal Survival Series - 03/05
• Support for Midwife Groups and Training Improves Chances for Survival in Childbirth - 01/05

2004

• Documentary Film on Obstetric Fistula - LOVE, LABOR, LOSS

Newsletters

• Global Health News
  Subscribe to USAID Global Health News by sending a blank e-mail with the word “SUBSCRIBE” in the subject line to ghnews@aimglobalhealth.org.  This bimonthly e-newsletter provides subscribers with the latest news, developments, speeches, and resources from USAID's Bureau for Global Health.
  • Archived Editions

Press Releases

2007

• U.S. Ambassador John Ordway visits USAID Safe Motherhood pilot site in Karaganda City Maternity Hospital - 06/21/07 [PDF, 47KB]
• Dr. Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health, Testifies on Maternal & Child Health, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health - 04/18/07

2006

• USAID Launches $75 Million Health Program in Senegal - 11/9/06
• South African NGO Mothers to Mothers-to-Be Visit USAID While on U.S. Tour - 3/16/06

2005

• Afghan Midwives Form Professional Organization - 5/6/05
• USAID Program Aims to Train 830 Midwives by 2006 - 4/13/05
• World Health Organization (WHO) Report Calls for New Approach to Save Lives of Mothers and Children - 4/7/05
• Three of the Four Million Newborns Who Die Each Year Could be Saved, According to New Research Published in The Lancet - 3/3/05

2004

• Who Proposes Roadmap To Reduce Maternal Deaths Projected To Reach 2.5 Million In 10 Years - 09/04
• The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Annual Report on Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of the HIV Infection - 06/04

Speeches

2007

• Statement by Kent R. Hill, Assistant Administrator for Global Heath, before the Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations - 04/18/07
  "Maternal and Child Health and Reproductive Health Programs"

2006

• Transcript of International Women's Day 2006 Event - 03/06
  Featured Speakers: Mosina Jordan, Counselor, USAID; Frederick W. Schieck, Deputy Administrator, USAID; Hon. Alicen Jematia Chelaite, Assistant Minister of Gender and Social Services of Kenya; Amb. Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs