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Newborn Health: Millions of neonatal deaths annually are the result of severe infections like sepsis
Mother smiles at her newborn child.
Almost a quarter of the 3 million neonatal deaths annually are the result of severe infections like sepsis - a fast progressing life-threatening illness. Sepsis can be difficult to recognize in newborns, who rapidly decline without timely treatment. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
Newborn Health: Nearly half of all under-5 deaths occur in newborns.
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Of the newborn deaths, a quarter of those result from severe infection. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
Newborn Health: Newborn deaths avoided with simple measures
A newborn baby is swaddled in blankets
Most newborn deaths due to infection could be avoided with simple preventive measures, such as improving hygiene and getting medicine to sick newborns. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
Newborn Health: Early antibiotic treatment
A mother gazes down at her twin newborns
When families can identify severe infection and start antibiotic treatment early, they dramatically increase a newborn’s chance of survival. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
Newborn Health: Simplified antibiotics save more newborns
Newborn baby sleeps peacefully next to its mother
A new simplified antibiotic regimen means more families in poor countries can access the critical treatment their newborns need to survive, making it possible to save more newborns than ever before. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
Newborn Health: Simplified antibiotics regimen just as effective
Mother gazes at her newborn child
A recent study found a simplified antibiotic regimen to be just as effective at treating infections in newborns as the standard course of twice daily injections over the course of a week. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
Newborn Health: USAID works to prevent newborn deaths
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USAID is intensifying efforts to develop, test, and scale up simple, low-cost approaches to preventing newborn death in lower-income countries. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
Newborn Health: New treatment promises to save thousands of newborn lives
Mother with newborn in health care facility
By improving access to effective and available treatment, a new simplified treatment promises to save thousands of newborn lives with low-cost, effective and commonly available antibiotics. Photo credit: Amy Fowler/USAID.
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Mother smiles at her newborn child.
Woman holds a newborn baby
A newborn baby is swaddled in blankets
A mother gazes down at her twin newborns
Newborn baby sleeps peacefully next to its mother
Mother gazes at her newborn child
A newborn baby yawns
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Community volunteers trained on land rights and gender equality advocacy
Vietnam | Support to Vulnerable Populations
February 22, 2016
A person with disabilities in Quang Nam province on a tricycle wheelchair provided with USAID support.
Vietnam | Support to Persons with Disabilities
November 9, 2016
USAID Donates Personal Protective Equipment to Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)
Vietnam | Pandemic Influenza and Other Emerging Threats
September 18, 2015
Launch of innovative HIV self-testing in Vietnam.
Vietnam | HIV/AIDS
November 9, 2016
USAID delegation visits Phu Ninh Protection Forest in Quang Nam.
Vietnam | Climate Change
November 9, 2016
Start of Second Phase of Dioxin Contamination Treatment at Danang Airport.
Vietnam | Environmental Assessment and Remediation
November 9, 2016
HEEAP faculty participant Dr.Nguyen Thi Hong Minh at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Vietnam | Education
September 18, 2015
U.S. Ambassador Ted Osius speaks at a workshop on TPP opportunities and challenges for Vietnam.
Vietnam | Economic Growth and Trade
December 16, 2015

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