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. …
Family centered care. KMC for small and sick newborn by Prof Angela Anene Okolo
Publications
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 …