Care of the Small and Sick Newborn Community of Practice – 2021 Vision Webinar

Gardo General Hospital maternity ward is funded by UK Aid. Save the Children started the programme in 2011 and it is due to finish in 2021. The hospital offers services to expectant mothers, and follow up care for babies, including vaccinations, for free and has seen a huge uptake in its services since the programme began. According to Abdikani Hersi Shire, Change Programme Acting Projects Manager, there are around 200 babies delivered here every month. They do 50 C-Sections per month. Before the programme started, most mothers delivered using traditional midwifes, who often don’t have the skills and knowledge and may end up harming the baby. Somalia has one of the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality. If this service didn’t exist, many mothers would die. Save the Children also supports staff training and capacity building. Abdikani Hersi Shire says: “We are working with the ministry of health, strengthening and supporting leadership, working on sustainability and staff capacity. We also work with communities. As a result of our work, the system is stronger than at the beginning – we see greater knowledge among the community and this means increased take-up of services.”

What is the vision for improving the care of small and sick newborns for 2021 in your region? Advances, challenges, and way forward.

The Care of the Small and Sick Newborn Community of Practice (SSNB CoP) cordially invites you to our last webinar in 2020, where we will be looking forward to a new year full of hope and improved health and survival for all babies around the world. We will be focusing on India, and the Latin America and Caribbean region. Our first webinar of 2021 will focus on Africa sub-regions.

We are looking to be inclusive of most languages spoken in the regions, so we will have simultaneous translation for presentations and discussion. For this webinar Spanish/English and English/Spanish will be available.

La comunidad de práctica para la atención de los recién nacidos pequeños y enfermos les invita cordialmente a su ultimo webinar de 2020, en el cual esperamos un nuevo año lleno de esperanza para que la salud y la supervivencia mejoren para todos los bebés alrededor del mundo. Esta vez nos enfocaremos en la India y en la región de América Latina y el Caribe. El primer webinar del próximo año estará dedicado a las subregiones de África.

Estamos intentando ser inclusivos de la mayoría de los idiomas que se hablan en las regiones, de tal manera que tendremos traducción simultanea para nuestras presentaciones y discusiones. Para este webinar tendremos disponible traducción de inglés a español y viceversa.

Please view the webinar recording here.

Please see Dr. Vani’s presentation here.

Please see Dr. Duran’s presentation here.