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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies is a collaborative research program aimed at providing life-saving health care for women and children in Papua New Guinea.

Burnet Institute's Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies (HMHB) research program is aimed at improving life-saving health care for women and children. The HMHB Program, based in East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea, is led by Burnet in collaboration with our PNG partner organisations, PNG Institute of Medical Research, the East New Britain Provincial Government, National Department of Health, University of PNG and Kirby Institute (Australia). Bank of South Pacific (BSP) is our Principal Supporter.

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Kokopo

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+61392822111

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http://burnet.edu.au/HMHB

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Our Story

One of the greatest human needs in our region is the appalling level of death and disease among women and children in PNG.

The maternal mortality rate in PNG is one of the highest in the world and 80 times worse than in Australia. More than 5000 newborns die each year, yet two-thirds of these deaths could be prevented with basic but effective interventions.

HMHB is a philanthropically-funded collaborative research program involving partnering with local representatives at the district, provincial and national level.

It includes five separate but complementary studies to provide a complete overview of the issues being faced. The emphasis is on the generation of evidence that has immediate use in East New Britain to improve services, and that can inform future health policy in PNG and similar settings.

The HMHB program aims to define the major causes of poor maternal, newborn, and child health, and to identify feasible, acceptable and effective interventions and service delivery strategies to improve reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health (RMNCH) outcomes in PNG.

This year our fabulous team of research officers reached a major milestone in recruiting 700 women and babies for the First Study: The Mothers and Babies Follow-Up Study.

The figure marks the completion of the recruitment phase, with attention now to switch to following up with the participants, data analysis and reporting the findings.

Find out more about this special project in our IMPACT magazine or website.

A special thanks to our wonderful Principal Supporter, our Partners, our generous donors, and the communities we work with both in Papua New Guinea and Australia to create a healthier life for women and children.