Resources
Our resources support clinicians, engineers, and administrators to implement an evidence-based model for sustainable, high-quality hospital-based newborn care in limited-resource settings.
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Resources for healthcare professionals & BMETs
Training Videos
Training videos demonstrate model-specific equipment setup, use, and maintenance and are used as training aids in clinical and technical training.
BME/T Job Aids
BME/T job aids act as a reference for biomedical engineers and technicians during practical demonstrations, learning and technical use.
BME Workshop Guidelines
The BME Workshop Guidelines provide an overview of setup & workflow for BME activities in secondary-level healthcare facilities.
Warming Series
A series of posters recommending how to keep babies warm, and how to maintain room temperature–for use in the newborn care unit and labour ward.
Orientation for Staff Video
This orientation video introduces healthcare workers and students to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and its importance in saving newborn lives. NEW
Clinical Job Aids
Clinical job aids act as a reference for hospital staff and students during practical demonstrations, learning, and clinical use.
Oxygen Cylinder Safety
This job aid outlines how to correctly handle oxygen cylinders to prevent major accidents and harm from patients and staff in the newborn care unit.
Course Registration: Mastering the Use of CPAP Devices
Designed for new staff and students, the course offers a strong foundation in CPAP use. This is a WCEA-accredited course. NEW
Clinical Modules
Clinical education modules prepare healthcare staff and students to understand when and how to safely and effectively use equipment essential to newborn care.
Clinical Scenarios
Clinical education scenarios provide example situations for facilitated discussions on the clinical use of technologies for newborn care in resource limited settings.
Generic Instructor Course (GIC) & ToT
The Generic Instructor Course (GIC) is designed to train potential instructors in how to teach providers’ course material. NEW
BME/T Modules
BME/T education modules prepare biomedical technicians on the technical use of technologies for newborn care in resource limited settings.
BME/T Scenarios
BME/T education scenarios provide example situations for facilitated discussions on the technical use of technologies for newborn care in resource limited settings.
IPC Ward Posters
A collection of posters on infection prevention and control to be used in newborn units and health facilities. NEW
Resources for innovators & manufacturers
Target Product Profiles for Newborn Care
In collaboration with UNICEF, NEST360 developed the target product profiles (TPPs) which list a proposed set of performance & operational characteristics for 16 newborn products.
Innovation Landscape
A document that features solutions designed by African innovators that solve local healthcare challenges. This landscape is a resource for investors interested in supporting rising leaders in Africa.
NEST360 Qualified Technologies for Small & Sick Newborn Care
The NEST360 Qualified Technologies are a lists of newborn care technologies best suited for use in low-resource setting hospitals, including being effective, affordable, rugged, and simple to use.
Innovation Landscape Submission Form
If you have an innovation to be considered for inclusion in the next edition of the Innovation Landscape, complete the Submission Form!
Newborn & Maternal Technology Landscape
A compendium of newborn & maternal healthcare technologies, both commercially available and in development, suited for use in resource-limited settings.
Newborn & Maternal Technology Landscape Survey
Do you have a technology that you would like to be considered for the next edition of the Newborn & Maternal Technology Landscape? If so, please fill out our survey form.
Resources for implementors
Implementation Toolkit
The Implementation Toolkit for small and sick newborn care, codesigned by UNICEF and NEST360, is an open-access, online toolkit enabling implementors to reach every newborn.
NEST360 Change Package
The NEST360 change package supports quality improvement by linking common gaps in newborn care to practical change ideas used by NEST360-supported hospitals. NEW
Health Facility Assessment (HFA)
The HFA resources are developed to assess service readiness for small and sick newborn care. They are codesigned by UNICEF, African Governments and other key experts.
NEST360 Implementation Tracker (NEST-IT)
The NEST360 Implementation Tracker (NEST-IT) dashboard is an open-source data platform designed to support the improvement of care for small and sick newborns by turning routine clinical and hospital data into actionable insights for decision-makers at every level of the health system.
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Neonatal Inpatient Dataset (NID)
Co-designed to assess the quality of care for each newborn, with the purpose of informing quality improvement, measuring impact, and enabling actionable initiatives in neonatal units providing Level 2+CPAP care.
Newborn Mortality Interim Results – Updated May 2026
This is an updated interim results report of the data showing a statistically significant mortality reduction for admitted newborns across 65 hospitals in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, & Tanzania, comparing September 2025 with 2021/2022.
Resources for families
Orientation for New Families Video
This orientation video introduces new families and parents to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and its importance in saving newborn lives. NEW