Saving Lives at Birth, innovative ideas to fight mortality meet in a global contest

Saving Lives at Birth, innovative ideas to fight mortality meet in a global contest

53 promising ideas to defeat mortality were shared in the final stage of the this year’s Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge. All finalists met in Washington, DC between the 25th and 27th of July, learned from each other, interacted with potential collaborators, and participated in a number of discussion groups and one-on-one meetings. Engineers and entrepreneurs, scientists and students gathered for

Breastfeeding could save 800,000 children every year

Breastfeeding could save 800,000 children every year

Secondo uno studio pubblicato su The Lancet e finanziato anche dalla fondazione Bill e Melinda Gates, se tutte le mamme del mondo allattassero i loro figli ci sarebbero circa 800.000 morti in meno tra i bambini e 20.000 casi in meno di cancro tra le madri.

Thanks to high-touch parenting, your infant will be an independent adult

Thanks to high-touch parenting, your infant will be an independent adult

Lucky and unconditionally loved or spoiled and pampered children. This is how the kids raised with “high-touch” parenting methods are usually defined, depending on the points of view. This type of parenting style usually but not necessarily involves breastfeeding on demand, baby-wearing, self-weaning, co-sleeping .   More generally, this is an educational choice that aims

African beauty queens make children with cleft smile

African beauty queens make children with cleft smile

The stigma around cleft lip and palate in East Africa is insane. Some people truly believe that children affected by this congenital deformity are “things” and not human beings. They are disgraced, isolated and in extreme cases even killed. In fact, people don’t even realise that cleft happens naturally and is not an issue of