Bringing Care to Life
Field-testing of our newborn care videos gets underway
We are now in post-production of a third of the 35 vignettes in our newborn care series. These videos focus on newborn skills and management of newborn problems, and are based on filming at two of our international clinical sites.
In April, we partnered with the Maternal and Newborn Centers of Excellence Program in the Dominican Republic, and in September we worked in Nigeria with the local offices of Jhpiego. Jhpiego provided in-country support and partial funding from the Maternal and Child Integrated Health Program (MCHIP) of USAID.
Our first prototype video — gastric tube placement and feeding — is now being field-tested among health workers in Nigeria and reviewed by content experts all over the world. Several others will be ready soon. Some of the topics covered include placing an IV, taking a heel blood sample, breathing problems, jaundice, and sepsis. Health workers having access to these “just in time” visual clinical guidelines can make a critical difference for sick newborns.
After comments from field-testing have been collected and reviewed, the videos will be finalized and embedded on our website and available for free download for health workers in developing countries. The videos are voiced over and we would like to collaborate with groups, organizations, or health ministries to accurately translate the videos for additional languages.
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