In a new article published by AllAfrica, partners from the Mohamed bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity, the Beginnings Fund, and NEST360 highlight the need for sustained investment in health systems, skilled health workers, and proven innovations that save lives. They demonstrate the importance of strong data systems to track lifesaving newborn interventions such as CPAP, Kangaroo Mother Care, phototherapy, and hypothermia prevention.
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Stories | International Women’s Day | “I did it. You can do it.” How Women Are Saving Kenya’s Smallest Lives
In neonatal wards across Kenya, some of the most powerful leaders are mothers. On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women who lead, nurture, and change systems often without titles, platforms, or recognition.
News | Keeping small and sick newborns safe starts with safe medical devices
In Ethiopia, initiatives such as the SLL360-SSNC Program, led by the Ministry of Health, are contributing to SDG 3 by strengthening human capacity, providing essential medical devices, and improving neonatal care services.
News | Sharing the Science in Nairobi: Showcasing Innovation Across the Newborn and Maternal Health Continuum
Sharing the Science provides an interactive format in which researchers and innovators share evidence, experience, and innovation. The event reinforces the value of collaboration across research, design, and implementation, and highlights the effectiveness of supporting locally led solutions that strengthen maternal and newborn care.
Sharing the Science empowers the growing community of innovators and researchers through collaboration. These groups working together are turning ideas into impact and ensuring that innovation in maternal and newborn health is grounded in local contexts and driven by those closest to the challenges.
Research | NEST360 team presented NEST360 quality improvement approach at ISQua 2025
NEST360 Research Presentation at ISQua 2025 in BrazilQuality Improvement Approach to Improving Newborn Care NEST360 team members, Nebiyou Hailemariam, Hannah Mwaniki, and Kylie Dougherty recently attended the 2025 International Society for Quality in Health Care...
News | Innovations and Partnerships for Newborns Flourish at the 2025 COINN and ANA Conferences in Africa
Across Africa and beyond, newborn care is being reimagined. At the Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN) and the African Neonatal Association (ANA) conferences in August, healthcare professionals, researchers, academicians, global experts, advocates, and...
Stories | BMJ Quality & Safety | Conversation with Dr. Kylie Dougherty
BMJ Quality & Safety posted a conversation with NEST360 alliance member, Dr. Kylie Dougherty, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and new Nurse Scientist at Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for Nursing Excellence,...
Resource | NEST360 Oxygen Cylinder Safety Guidelines
NEST360 has published an Oxygen Cylinder Safety Guidelines job aid outlining the correct handling of oxygen cylinders to prevent major accidents and harm to patients and staff in the hospital. The guideline includes a link to an oxygen cylinder safety video prepared...
Stories | Midwifery’s men and women share insights from frontline care for moms & babies
On this year’s International Day of the Midwife, we spotlighted the voices of dedicated midwives, both men and women sharing in the profession dedicated to saving lives of moms and babies. Midwives bridge maternal and newborn care in our hospitals. In their words,...








