Quality improvement Articles
Beanies4Babies
For the past 19 years I have been lecturing to the 4th Year Medical Students regarding the care of...
Neonatal Skin Care Guidelines launched.
NNASA together with SOMSA, NEA as well as Consultants from paediatrics and dermatology at UCT...
When a baby dies….
Research Round up. Dr Vicky Culling presented at the Gold Neonatal 2019 On-line Conference on...
If it’s not documented it’s not done!
Over the last few years in SA, the dramatic rise in neonatal litigation has highlighted the need...
Saving 6 million babies lives-can it be done? Global trends in neonatal mortality.
Reducing neonatal mortality is an essential part of the third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG),...
Preventing stillbirths and neonatal deaths with stronger Perinatal Death Review
More mothers are attending health facilities to deliver their babies, yet 2.6 million babies are...
International Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Awareness Day 2019
On the 15th of May we celebrated International KMC awareness day. We hope you all held special...
National, Regional and worldwide estimates of low birthweight in 2015
ow birthweight (LBW) of less than 2500g is an important marker of maternal and fetal health,...
2019 update- European consensus guidelines on the management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome(RDS)
As management of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) advances, clinicians must continually revise...
“LIFE”, A New Smartphone App to Train Health Workers to Save Lives
A research group based at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust – Kenya and Oxford University has developed a free smartphone app for training health workers called “LIFE” which was launched during the Kenya Paediatric Association 2019 annual