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Clean birth environment Immediate drying and additional stimulation Thermal protection Clean cord care Uterotonics Controlled cord traction/removal of placenta Parenteral administration of anti-convulsants Antibiotics for preterm or prolonged premature rupture of membranes Parenteral administration of antibiotics Assisted vaginal delivery Neonatal
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Several such software packages exist, and they are easy and cheap to translate into other languages.
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the most effective, substantial package consists of two interventions that can deliver an astounding $87 of social benefits back on every dollar spent.
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The full package, which` includes a 30% increase in private sector investments in developing countries, would cost $74 billion over the 35-year period. That is equivalent to an annual increase of $5.5 billion. But this investment would generate $2,450 billion in benefits — a spectacular $33 return for each dollar invested. Per year, it would be equ
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But there is a very simple and effective way to improve this called structured pedagogy. It helps teachers to teach better by providing them with a set of semi-scripted lesson plans, training in how to use them, and coaching them as they are used.
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Almost all SDG goals measure an underlying factor of an improving society
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Antenatal corticosteroids for preterm labor
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Most of the world’s 28 low-income countries are in Africa, along with war-torn Syria and Yemen and the broken state of North Korea. In total, they are home to around 700 million people. The 54 nations that qualify as lower-middle income have a combined population of 3.4 billion, of which more than a third lives in India. Together, these two groups
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For one hour a day, the students sit down, each with their tablet. The tablet contains software in the native language, and it can quickly assess the level of the student and start teaching right at that level.