In February, Nigeria opened a Clinical Skills Lab at University College Hospital (UCH). The lab serves medical students, student nurses, doctors and nurses within UCH and other health workers from surrounding health facilities who are learning hands-on, comprehensive newborn care. 

The lab includes newborn care equipment used by the students and workers to practice using the equipment for the management of small and sick newborns. The lab includes phototherapy devices, oxygen concentrators, oxygen splitter, radiant warmer, suction pump, pulse oximeters, and bubbleCPAP machines.

The practical learning provided by the skills lab will advance the sustainability of small and sick newborn care by those who are taught at UCH.