Tanzania is making significant progress towards establishing its first Human Milk Bank at Muhimbili National Hospital, Mloganzila aspart of a broader effort in Tanzania to improve care for small and sick newborns.
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...
Mabwepande District Hospital officially launched its Neonatal Care Unit (NCU) following a major renovation supported by NEST360. This initiative marked a significant milestone in strengthening newborn care services within the facility, ensuring that newborns receive the specialized attention they need.
The NEST360 program, implemented in Tanzania by the Ifakara Health Institute and partners, has launched the country’s first-ever hospital registers designed exclusively for newborns. This milestone, achieved in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, marks a transformative step toward strengthening newborn care and data management across the country.
This year, The NEST360 countries celebrated World Prematurity Day 2024 with partnering hospitals, representatives from ministries of health, and community leaders. World Prematurity Day is an international day to raise awareness for babies who are born too soon.
Read on for summaries of each NEST360 country’s World Prematurity Day celebration.
On January 23, 2024, the Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) program, a global initiative aimed at enhancing newborn care and survival across sub-Saharan Africa, announced the commencement of its second phase. A substantial $65 million has been secured to fuel the initiative over the next five years.
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.
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.