Global Partners in Saving Babies Knowledge transfer for neonatal resuscitation and quality improvement helps reduce the neonatal mortality rate in Ethiopia Stars were aligning in 2011 for Ethiopians and Canadians to come together to save the lives of mothers and their newborns in Ethiopia. The Ministry of Health in Ethiopia wanted to train more skilled midwives and the Government of Canada was focused on maternal child health. At the
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time, the neonatal mortality rate was 31 per 1000 live births in Ethiopia compared to only four per 1000 in Canada. A new project, Protecting the Health of Pregnant and
Delivery Mothers and Newborns in Ethiopia: A Systems Approach to Strengthening Skilled Birth Attendance and Referral, was born with an aim of reducing neonatal and maternal mortality as part of the Millennium Developmental Goals set by the United Nations in 2000. The University of Alberta has partnered with the Ethiopia Ministry of Health and St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,