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Surrogacy law may help end dubious practices: experts
By Wu Liang-yi, Chang Jui-chen and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Surrogacy laws could help Taiwanese who are unable to conceive and remove the need for them to seek controversial international surrogacy, fertility experts said on Tuesday.
Progress on a draft surrogacy bill which passed a first reading in May last year has been stalled, despite widespread support, as there remain many technical and legal problems to solve, Health Promotion Administration (HPA) Maternal and Child Health Division Director Lin Yi-ching (林宜靜) said.
Surrogacy has been on the agenda at the legislature for years, and the HPA has held seven meetings on the issue in the past six months alone, but no real progress has been made, she said.
30 newborns die per 1,000 live births
Says an icddr,b report
Staff Correspondent
3rd February, 2021 10:22:37
Thirty newborns per 1,000 live births die in Bangladesh for various reasons, including premature birth and low birth weight (LBW), according to a report of icddr,b.
The scenario of death of newborn babies was presented at an evidence sharing session with journalists at the icddr’b in the capital’s Mohakhali on Wednesday.
Dr Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, associate scientist of icddr,b, made the keynote presentation at the session chaired by Dr Shams El Arifeen, Senior Director, Maternal & Child Health Division (MCHD) of icddr,b. Fourteen health reporters from eminent media houses attended the session.
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As Nepal prepares for Covid-19 vaccination drive, challenges are huge, experts say Kathmandu Post
Nepal, Jan. 19 When the District Health Office in Humla directed local health offices to send a list of health workers and female community health volunteers working under them for Covid-19 vaccination programme, Hansa Mahatara, a health coordinator at the Adanchuli Rural Municipality in the district followed the order.
But he wonders how it will be possible to conduct mass vaccination in the rural municipality, which is three days walk from the district headquarters of Simikot.
Vaccines for babies there have had to be carried by people.
Schneck acknowledges accreditations, Magnet recertification process
12/28/20 5:59 PM
Amy Pettit had a lot of good news to share during a recent Schneck Medical Center board of trustees meeting.
First, the vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer said the Seymour hospital is going through the Magnet recertification process.
The Magnet Recognition Program designates organizations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic goals to improve the organization’s patient outcomes, according to nursingworld.org.
That provides a roadmap to nursing excellence, which benefits the whole of an organization, the website states. For nurses, the recognition means education and development through every career stage, which leads to greater autonomy at the bedside. For patients, it means the very best care delivered by nurses who are supported to be the very best they can be.