The primary intended audiences of this film are communities and birth attendants; it can be used by activists, community health workers, nurses and midwives who run community education programmes. It is a shorter version of the film “How to care for a newborn” that features on this channel.
This film teaches the key steps to follow immediately after the delivery of a newborn who is not breathing in case it could not take place at a health centre. It insists on the importance of drying the baby and teaches how to put the baby’s head in the neutral position, in order to open the airway, and how to perform mouth-to-mouth.