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Engaging fathers and families in maternal and newborn healthcare saves lives. It takes a village to raise a child. Follow all the latest research here.

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Graduate students favour men being actively involved during pregnancy (Nigeria)

In Organising family inclusionTags attending facilities, Nigeria25th March 2021

A survey of 241 postgraduate students at Ibadan University (150 men, 91 women) found widespread beliefs in an active role for men during pregnancy. The involvement of men: Strengthens the …

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Men need to be better informed about potential birth complications (Sub-Saharan Africa)

In Informing familiesTags informing families, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia21st February 2021

A review of 35 studies of engagement of men in maternal and newborn health in Sub-Saharan countries concludes that they need to be better informed, particularly about what to do …

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Practice briefs: Engaging men in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality

In Organising family inclusionTags Bangladesh, gender, Nigeria, Ghana, Haiti, Senegal3rd August 2020

Reproduced by kind permission of Promundo. When men are involved as parents and caregivers, it can have wide-ranging benefits for the health and well-being of their families and themselves. Lessons from around …

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Male community elders can support maternal and newborn health (Nigeria)

In Organising family inclusionTags maternal death, informing families, attending facilities, gender, Nigeria27th June 2020

A study in Nigeria has looked at how community elders, aged from 50 all the way to 101, understand barriers to maternal and newborn health, and what they think might …

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Nigerian fathers of neonatal babies want to be closer to their babies

In Neonatal care, Our projectsTags informing families, attending facilities, skin-to-skin, Nigeria, stress24th August 2019

A study of the experience of 37 Nigerian fathers of babies in the neonatal unit in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has revealed a low level of family inclusion. 73% of fathers …

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Nigerian midwives support womens’ partners as birth partners

In Birth partnersTags birth partners, Nigeria28th April 2017

A survey of 100 midwives in the capital city of Nigeria, Abuja, found strong support for women’s partners being birth partners. 91 midwives said they approve of partner presence, 15 …

Please engage our husbands!

“Please engage with our husbands directly!” A plea from pregnant women in Nigeria.

In Attending facilities, Informing families, Our projectsTags informing families, attending facilities, Nigeria14th May 2016

This is an account by Duncan Fisher of the Family Initiative, following the project team’s visit to an antenatal class at Bwari Hospital in Nigeria in March 2016. We were …

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Family Included front page news in Nigeria

In Our projectsTags Nigeria26th March 2016

The Family Included project is reported on the front page of a national newspaper in Nigeria. The project immediately creates inspiration in this vast country.

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