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Every year an estimated one million mothers and babies lose their lives due to healthcare associated infections.

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Severe infection is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths. More than two out of five maternal deaths occur within 24 hours due to haemorrhage or infection.

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Health-care associated infections are responsible for 75% of deaths among hospital born babies in South-East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa

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Experiences of Ethiopia: Interview with Sam Tweed

Ethiopia, Soapbox Updates

Aberdeen medical student and Soapbox Ambassador Sam Tweed has recently returned from Ethiopia where he worked on Soapbox-supported projects at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital in Bahir Dar. Watch the video below to hear about Sam’s experiences, and about the needs of the hospital and the work of Soapbox in Bahir Dar.

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Antimicrobial resistance in maternity units in low and middle income countries – A call to action

News

The topic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be a priority at the 71st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week. To coincide with the UNGA, Soapbox’s Chief Scientific Officer, Professor Wendy Graham and colleagues have published an important paper in Global Health Action discussing the threats of AMR for maternity units in low- and middle […]

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New Lancet Maternal Health Series Launched

Soapbox Updates

The Lancet Maternal Health Series: Unequal access and low quality of maternal health care hampering progress towards SDGs Today sees the launch of the new Lancet Maternal Health Series, ahead of the UN General Assembly at the end of this month. A decade after the first series on maternal survival, the six papers in the new […]

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Soapbox presents at the UCLan ‘Challenge Today Change Tomorrow’ Midwifery Conference

Events, News, The Gambia

Last week, Dr Beverly Donaldson attended the UCLan Challenge Today Change Tomorrow Midwifery Conference to share Soapbox’s recent work in the Gambia. Beverly spoke about the piloting of our Environmental Hygiene Training Manual which was designed to train low-literate cleaning staff in infection prevention and control and environmental hygiene using participatory training methods. The conference was well attended […]

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Who delivers without water?

News, Soapbox Updates

Who Delivers without Water? A Multi Country Analysis of Water and Sanitation in the Childbirth Environment. Hygiene during childbirth is essential to the health of mothers and newborns, irrespective of where birth takes place. A paper published in PLOS ONE this month with Soapboxer Giorgia Gon as lead author, investigates the status of water […]

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Safe Birth

Every year an estimated one million mothers and babies lose their lives due to healthcare associated infections.

WASH & CLEAN

Severe infection is one of the leading causes of maternal deaths. More than two out of five maternal deaths occur within 24 hours due to haemorrhage or infection.

Newborn Safety

Health-care associated infections are responsible for 75% of deaths among hospital born babies in South-East Asia and Sub Saharan Africa