The first 500 days: renewal, reform, reflection

The first 500 days: renewal, reform, reflection.

The first 500 days of life: policies to support maternal nutrition

Background From conception to 6 months of age, an infant is entirely dependent for its nutrition on the mother: via the placenta and then ideally via exclusive breastfeeding. This period of 15 months - about 500 days - is the most important and vulnerable in a child's life: it must be protected through policies supporting maternal nutrition and health. Those addressing nutritional status are di...

the first ten days

i am a community midwife and working in a health sector in south of england. my work scope is very wide and includes different types of parents with different specifications. many of them are young and primipara. i am working as community midwife for ten month. after start of my work, i gained complete knowledge for giving enough information about preconception cares to mothers. many of clients...

A time of reflection and renewal.

Last year was a particularly difficult year for the healthcare industry. The steady downward trajectory of the economy in 2009, the restructuring of provincial healthcare governance structures, the H1N1 pandemic and the pressure on chief nursing executives to consider alternative skill mixes and role changes have had an impact on every acute, rehab, mental health, long-term and community health...

First 100 days

Q: How long w i l l i t be before this rou nd o f dow nsiz ing is completed? A: What you arc seeing now is the be g inn ing 'o f the second wave o f downsizing, w h ich really was formalized by the revo lt in Iran. We already had started on the downsiz­ ing. The j cars had already been en­ gineered. We increased the capacity o f those cars — we changed all the plans at that point. W e'll start ...