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In this Issue:
- P.2 Global Advocacy and Policy
- P.3 HBB at Global Newborn Health Forums
- P.4 System Strengthening
- P.5 HBB Case Studies
- P.6 Towards 2015
- P.7 Essential Care for Every Baby
- P.8 HBB Heroes!
Through our strong and vibrant Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) Global Development Alliance, the following achievements have been possible :
- HBB has been introduced in 60 countries, of which 18 have national plans coordinated by governments
- Increased global demand for newborn resuscitation by training and equipping over 130,000 health workers
- 120,000 bag-mask resuscitators, 150,000 penguin suction devices, and 50,000 NeoNatalie simulators have been supplied on a not-for-profit basis, and another 4,500 HBB training kits have been donated
- Study in Tanzania shows 47% reduction in early neonatal mortality and a 24% reduction in rates of fresh still-birth after HBB was implemented
- HBB have been listed in the WHO document “Essential Interventions, Commodities, and Guidelines”, in the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities reports, and also as one of 10 breakthrough innovations in a report published at the UN General Assembly in September 2013.
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