The first clinical series is on newborn care and will consist of brief vignettes that “bring to life” internationally accepted newborn care guidelines.
The first clinical series is on newborn care and will consist of brief vignettes that “bring to life” internationally accepted newborn care guidelines.
This film shows ways to help a laboring woman and contribute to a feeling of trust.
This film demonstrates how to feel where the baby is within the uterus and how to measure the station of the baby.
This film teaches how to examine the placenta for any missing pieces.
This film shows how to assess a laboring woman and the signs that indicate the need for transfer to a higher-level facility.
This film presents an overview of basic steps to prevent infection at birth.
This film shows how to care for both the mother and baby right after birth.
This video shows how to draw blood from a baby in 3 different ways: with a needle, with a syringe and needle, and with a butterfly.
Accessed 12 March 2015
This video shows how to identify and manage eye infections in the young baby.
Accessed 12 March 2015
This special issue on Newborn Health in Global Health Action is being launched to share the experience of how to scale up a cost-effective package of newborn care that involves families, community health workers and health facilities. The results of... this community randomized trial, the Uganda Newborn Study (UNEST), show that home visits in pregnancy and soon after delivery resulted in improved breastfeeding practices, skin-to-skin care immediately after birth, delaying a baby’s first bath, and hygienic care of the baby’s umbilical cord among the poorest households with lowest access to care.
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Within the first few hours after birth, most healthy newborns will instinctively move to their mother’s breast and attach on their own. This video shows early breastfeeding initiation through the journeys of 3 newborns and ways to support the practice with mothers and staff.
Breastfeeding is natural, but a skill that takes time and practice. With observation and tactful guidance, health workers can help mothers prevent problems and succeed with breastfeeding. This video shows how to observe and support a breastfeeding mother using the breastfeeding observation aid.
Expressing breastmilk can relieve breast fullness, soften the breasts, and make it easier for the milk to flow. It is also important to maintain a mother’s milk supply during separation and make milk available for someone else to feed the baby. This video shows how to hand express breast milk and ...how to safely store it for later use.
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