Newborn Health Articles
Fellow Spotlight: Natalie Michell, Celsi Warmer Study Kenya
Contributors: Carrie Noxon, Emily Bull, and Nicole MorenoRice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies offers post-baccalaureate fellowships for exceptional early-career engineers with an interest in medical technology for low-resource settings. The Rice360 fellows...
Kellogg School Article: How faculty research is delivering critical medical care to newborns
By untangling complicated supply chain challenges, these global health experts are helping to bring life-saving technologies to doctors in four African nations — and counting.
Comprehensive Newborn Care Protocols: Integrating Technologies with Clinical Care in Kenya
The Comprehensive Newborn Care Protocols provide guidance on newborn care to clinicians and nurses. These protocols in this handbook are underpinned on the ‘Newborn Care Quality Statements’ outlined in this handbook.
NEST360 Newborn Technology Landscape 8th edition
The 8th edition of the Newborn Technology Landscape is now live. There has been exciting growth across the 8th Edition as the Landscape now features over 100 different newborn technologies!
World Prematurity Day Celebrations
World Prematurity Day is an international day to raise awareness for babies who are born too soon. This year with partners around the world we highlighted Kangaroo Mother Care. Preterm birth continues to be the leading contributor to under-5 deaths globally, being responsible for almost half of all under-5 deaths in 2021. Immediate initiation of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) has shown to significantly decrease newborn mortality. Skin-to-skin contact’s benefits includes improved thermal regulation, infection prevention, improved breast feeding, positive facilitation of physiological, behavioral, psychosocial, and neurodevelopment, and a reduced risk of neonatal mortality.
Partner updates: an overview of the past few months
A summary of activities from quarter 3 and quarter 4 in each NEST360 country. Our teams have made incredible progress this year towards sustainability and institutionalizing NEST in small and sick newborn care.
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Target Product Profile
Performance & Operational Characteristics for ROP Imaging DeviceAs neonatal care improves worldwide, reducing the risks of disabilities and impairments becomes essential. WHO and UNICEF provide guidance on reduction of the risks of disabilities and impairments...
Fellow Spotlight: David Kimmey Celsi Warmer Study Malawi
Contributors: Carrie Noxon, Emily Bull, and Nicole MorenoRice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies offers post-baccalaureate fellowships for exceptional early-career engineers with an interest in medical technology for low-resource settings. During their time...