World clubfoot day is celebrated June 3rd annually. The date was chosen to commemorate the birthday of Doctor Ignacio Ponseti, the developer of the Ponseti …
Publications
Family centered care. KMC for small and sick newborn by Prof Angela Anene Okolo
BackgroundThe functional unit of care for the child is the family. The mother is key to child life and childcare in health and in disease. …
Summary of WHO Standards for Newborn Quality Improvement: Part 3.
STANDARD 7 For every small and sick newborn, competent, motivated, empathetic, multidisciplinary staff are consistently available to provide routine care, manage complications and provide developmental …
Summary of WHO Standards for Newborn Quality Improvement: Part 2.
The health information system enables collection, analysis and use of data to ensure early appropriate action to improve the care of every small and sick …
Kangaroo Mother Care: An Innovation To Ensure Zero Separation between mothers and their babies.
By: Dr Olapeju Daniyan.
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a method of providing skin- to- skin contact between a mother and her newborn. It has been proven to be a wonderful intervention…
Standard Precautions and Infection Control in Neonatal Units.
Infection prevention is an important part of every component of care of a newborn baby. Newborn babies are more susceptible to infections because their immune …
Summary of WHO Standards for Newborn Quality Improvement: Part 1.
The standards for the care of small and sick newborns in health facilities define, standardize and mainstream inpatient care of small and sick newborns, building …
COVID-19 Infection in The Newborn: Guidelines for care in Nigeria.
COVID-19 stands for coronavirus disease of 2019 Caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a novel strain of coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The …