by adminpia | Jul 1, 2024 | Guidelines
Physical contact with their babies in the neonatal ICU! That’s what some furious parents are demanding after they were denied the opportunity to bond with their critically ill children. That’s #CarteBlanche this Sunday at 7pm on M-Net, DStv channel 101.Subscribe to...
by adminpia | Jul 1, 2024 | Guidelines
The aim of this skin care guideline is to provide evidence-based, contextualized guidelines for the care of full term, healthy neonatal skin. Complications in skin conditions and special populations, such as preterm and critically ill infants are outside the scope of...
by adminpia | Jul 1, 2024 | Research
International KMC day is May 15th. It is high time that neonatal units started to review how they are implementing KMC and in particular ensuring Zero separation for mothers and babies. Last year an article was published on the Benefits of commencing immediate...
by adminpia | Jul 1, 2024 | Research
While the more immediate benefits of KMC for small and sick newborns are well studied and supported by evidence, there is little evidence surrounding the benefits from KMC beyond infancy. Read this study which aimed to determine what, if any benefits, persisted in...
by adminpia | Jul 1, 2024 | Research
WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth.The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and newborns in the postnatal period – the first six weeks after birth. The new...