Thursday, November 8, 2018

UniFA: Reduce neonatal mortality in Haiti!

The University of the Aristide Foundation (UniFA)

Our fundraising goal is $3,000, to include 20 NeoNatalie resuscitation simulator kits ($86), 20 resuscitation bags and suction devices ($25), and teaching flipcharts and workbooks ($304), plus shipping. CLICK HERE: https://ubackforgood.com/donor/…

The Helping Babies Breathe curriculum is being brought to UNIFA in order to provide neonatal resuscitation training to medical and nursing students.




Volunteers (including Certified Trainers) are working with Friends of UNIFA to bring this American Academy of Pediatrics program to UNIFA.
Helping Babies Breathe teaches the initial steps of neonatal resuscitation to be accomplished within The Golden Minute to save lives and give a much better start to many babies who struggle to breathe at birth.

HBB neonatal resuscitation techniques have been shown to reduce neonatal mortality by up to 47% and fresh stillbirths by 24%. It is designed specifically for resource-poor environments.

In 2019, we plan to teach 20 students and faculty members at UNIFA to perform HBB in the delivery room, and also to teach the HBB curriculum. With their help, we will provide HBB training to the 4th year medical and nursing students.

Our fundraising goal is $3,000, to include 20 NeoNatalie resuscitation simulator kits ($86), 20 resuscitation bags and suction devices ($25), and teaching flipcharts and workbooks ($304), plus shipping.

The eventual goal is for UNIFA to disseminate HBB resuscitation throughout Haiti. Within the next five years, we hope to add Helping Babies Survive (including Helping Babies Breathe, Essential Care for Every Baby, and Essential Care for Small Babies modules) and Helping Mothers Survive (including Bleeding After Birth, Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia, and Threatened Preterm Birth modules).

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