Witnessing lifesaving neonatal innovations in Malawi
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2018
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This is a first person “witness” account of a visit to Chatinkha Nursery in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi, a neonatal intensive care unit where babies with respiratory distress syndrome can be treated with life-saving bubble CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines. When a baby requires immediate care or is referred from another hospital they are brought to this ward. Approximately two babies a day rely on the bubble CPAP machines. In front of each of the babies is a bench where mothers can sit while they visit and care for their newborns.
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PERCEPTION, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, NEONATAL HEALTH, HEALTH-CARE DELIVERY, PEDIATRICS, INNOVATIONS, MALAWI, SOUTH OF SAHARA