Key Tweets From the Global Newborn Health Conference

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.
— Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013

No child was born to die says Graca Machel #newborn2013
— Robyn Sneeringer (@RobynSneeringer) April 15, 2013

There is no reason today that giving life should cause death. Graca Michael #newborn2013
— 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
— 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
— 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
— Thabile Stella Maphanga-Mbhele 🇿🇦 (@ThabileStella) April 15, 2013

Kangaroo mother care - simple solutions with big impact on newborns. #newborn2013
— 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
— AlignMNH (@alignmnh) April 15, 2013

#KangarooCare saves lives: check it out: http://t.co/Phi0GBsq27 #newborn2013
— Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013

"Newborn is the final frontier."Ariel Pablos-Mendez @USAIDGH #Newborn2013
— AlignMNH (@alignmnh) April 15, 2013

Pablos-Mendez of @USAIDGH stresses the importance of counting every birth and the outcome of every birth; utilizing #mhealth. #Newborn2013
— AlignMNH (@alignmnh) April 15, 2013

@SavetheChildren's David Oot: Change will require political commitment and we must find and engage new champions for newborns. #newborn2013
— Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013

Family planning and nutrition have to be part of the conversation. #newborn2013 @gdarmsta @gatesfoundation @SavetheChildren @mchipnet
— Healthy Newborn Network (HNN) (@HealthyNewborns) April 15, 2013

Consultation begins soon for the world's first-ever #NewbornActionPlan. Stay tuned for updates from #Newborn2013 in Johannesburg ...
— PMNCH (@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
— 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
— 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
— 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
— Social Good Moms (@socialgoodmoms) April 15, 2013