Today marks the start of the first ever Global Newborn Health Conference. Thus far conference-goers have heard opening remarks from high level executives at the World Health Organization, Save the Children, UNICEF, MCHIP, USAID, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Below are key tweets from the early morning session as well as those of our own.
You can watch the conference from South Africa via livestream at newborn2013.com and follow the conversation at #newborn2013.
#Newborn2013 Global Conference seeks to bring renewed attention to one of the biggest health issues: newborn mortality.
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HNN (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013
No child was born to die says Graca Machel #newborn2013
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Robyn Sneeringer (@RobynSneeringer) April 15, 2013
There is no reason today that giving life should cause death. Graca Michael #newborn2013
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Gary L Darmstadt (@gdarmsta) April 15, 2013
Graca Machel says deaths of 3 million new born deaths unacceptable. Speaking at opening of first global conference on #Newborn2013
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Shantha Bloemen (@ShanthaBloemen) April 15, 2013
Graca Machel shares personal experience of a sick newborn in refugee camp. "I will never forget the eyes of the mother" #Newborn2013
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Mary Kinney (@maryvkinney) April 15, 2013
No child is born to die, no mother should have to watch their child suffer & die - Graca Machel #newborn2013 #sabcnews
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Thabile Maphanga (@ThabileStella) April 15, 2013
Kangaroo mother care - simple solutions with big impact on newborns. #newborn2013
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Robyn Sneeringer (@RobynSneeringer) April 15, 2013
"Let us go do our part to shape the future so that each of our children has a good start, a healthy start." Graca Machel #Newborn2013
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MCHIP (@mchipnet) April 15, 2013
#KangarooCare saves lives: check it out: ow.ly/k3SxU #newborn2013
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HNN (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013
"Newborn is the final frontier."Ariel Pablos-Mendez @USAIDGH #Newborn2013
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MCHIP (@mchipnet) April 15, 2013
Pablos-Mendez of @USAIDGH stresses the importance of counting every birth and the outcome of every birth; utilizing #mhealth. #Newborn2013
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MCHIP (@mchipnet) April 15, 2013
@SavetheChildren's David Oot: Change will require political commitment and we must find and engage new champions for newborns. #newborn2013
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HNN (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013
Family planning and nutrition have to be part of the conversation. #newborn2013 @gdarmsta @gatesfoundation @SavetheChildren @mchipnet
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HNN (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013
Consultation begins soon for the world's first-ever #NewbornActionPlan. Stay tuned for updates from #Newborn2013 in Johannesburg ...
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The Partnership (@PMNCH) April 15, 2013
Our Tweets from the Morning Session
Up to 2/3 of newborn deaths can be prevented. Too many newborns in Africa are dying too early. - Graça Machel #Newborn2013
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Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013
What we have not achieved is sustained, effective availability of care of what we know works. David Oot, @SavetheChildren #newborn2013
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Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013
"We can change the status quo when we work together," says Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director @UNICEF #Newborn2013
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Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013
We need to leverage every available strategy to lower child and newborn deaths.. Today is the first step - Gupta, @UNICEF #Newborn2013
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Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013
We must keep our governments and organizations accountable. Elizabeth Mason, @WHO #newborn2013
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Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013
It's time to do the easy thing and that easy thing is newborn health says @gdarmsta. #newborn2013
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Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013
Kangaroo mother care can save 1500 lives around the world every day says @gdarmsta.. #newborn2013
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Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013
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