Quality improvement Articles
Third World Breastfeeding Conference
From 13 to 15 November this year, the International Babyfood Action Network will host the Third World Breastfeeding Conference and the First World Complementary Feeding Conference in Rio de Janeiro,
NNASA Gauteng branch meetings.
Our Gauteng branch is excited and ready for 2019! Well done ladies! See the dates of their planned branch meetings below and pop them in your diary now. 2 March
Transforming care for 30 million.
30 million newborns require specialized or intensive care in a hospital every year. Small and sick #newborn survival is the biggest unfinished agenda for ending preventable child deaths. It is
1.7 million newborn lives could be saved!
1.7 million newborn lives could be saved each year by investing in access to quality care for every newborn, everywhere, including in humanitarian settings. While essential newborn care would benefit
Zero separation!
Ensuring zero separation of a mother and her baby and providing a positive environment increases a #newborn’s ability to thrive. Empowered parents and caregivers are crucial for short and long-term
NNASA Contributes to International Report
A NNASA board member was a contributing author to the international Survive and Thrive: Transforming Care for Every Small and Sick Newborn Key Findings report- in particular aspects of the report
Survive and Thrive: Transforming care for every small and sick newborn
Today, in New Delhi India, the international Partner’s Forum (The partnership for Maternal Child and Woman’s Health) meeting has just opened. The meeting, hosted by the Government of India, brings
The NNASA Western Cape activity report for 2018:
A seminar was hosted by the UCT Division of Nursing and NNASA on 13th September. The focus included some revision and reminders of aspects of the Respiratory System. Topics included
Presidents ponderings: But I was just following orders!
The other day, during a visit to a local public sector hospital I noticed that a baby’s saturations were 100%. The baby was receiving blended nasal prong oxygen. The alarms
An unconventional nursing experience
Herewith I wish to share some of my experiences on my recent trip to Tripoli, Libya to do volunteer Peadiatric Cardiac Nursing. It was my first trip alone into the