Globally, the leading cause of death in children 1 – 59 months of age is lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs). They cause 18.7%(uncertainty range 15.3 – 20.2) of deaths per annum in this age group, thevast majority of which occur in Africa and South Asia.[1,2] Respiratorysyncytial virus (RSV) is the commonest cause of pneumonia(20 – 40%) and bronchiolitis (40 – 80%) in children, particularlythose aged <1 year.[3-7] RSV is a single-stranded RNA virus in thePneumoviridae family, exhibiting two antigenic types

Newborn Individualized Developmental Care Program (NIDCAP) is an internationally recognized method of caring for neonates to best protect their brain and development. https://nidcap.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Program-Guide-Rev-8Nov2023.pdf

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...

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...

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...