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Few simple steps to saving children’s lives

Samarkand, Uzbekistan. - A 6 month old Lorchinbek has been brought to Samarkand multi-profile Children’s Centre in a critical condition, with complicated pneumonia. He was immediately sent to the Resuscitation Department. Lorchinbek is now under intensive care and is getting oxygen through a small nasal plug. His therapy also includes antibiotics that are used in moderate dozes so as not to have any adverse effects.

Zamira Hudoyberdieva with her little son Lorchinbek.

Zamira Hudoyberdieva is allowed to stay with her son. It is a new practice at this medical centre. Mothers’ presence and care help little patients to recover faster. Parents benefit too as they are consulted and can follow each step of the prescribed treatment.

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Child deaths in Samarkand hospitals drop rapidly through joint EC and UNICEF support

By Matthew Taylor

Better diagnoses and improved emergency care is saving young lives in Samarkand.

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Improving care for mothers and newborns in Uzbekistan

By Guy Degen

FERGHANA, Uzbekistan, 4 May 2009 – Maftuna Yakubova beams with pride over her newborn baby boy in the maternity ward of the Perinatal Centre in Ferghana, eastern Uzbekistan.

© UNICEF 2009/Degen

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Pilot project brings success to maternal and newborn care in Ferghana, Uzbekistan

By Matthew Taylor

FERGHANA REGION, Uzbekistan, 10 July 2008 - Guzalkhon Karabaeva is constantly smiling. Her newborn son is tranquil in her arms and so is the maternity ward in which we sit. No babies’ cries interrupt our chat - a clear testament to attentive childcare. “I feel like I’m in a family environment,” she says. And she looks the part. In blue flowered slippers and soft blue pyjamas, she gently bounces her baby son. She is allowed to wear her own clothes here, and has her baby right by her side. However, the experiences were far different for her first two pregnancies.

© UNICEF Uzbekistan/2008/Pirozzi

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