Read the latest NEST stories, providing insights from NEST partners who advance quality newborn care through innovation, policy, and education.
Improving Healthcare Education Teaching Skills
Improving Healthcare Education Teaching Skills: Generic Instructor Course Contributor: Carrie Noxon ‘See one, do one, teach one.’ This common saying in the medical field summarises the idea that all healthcare workers are responsible for educating others by...
Cultivating a community of local innovation
In March 2020, Julia Jenjezwa, DIT Design Studio Coordinator, wrote about the DIT Design Studio: Innovation for COVID-19 Preparedness in Tanzania. Julia provided the following update on how things are going in the Design Studio a year later. The Dar es Salaam...
BubbleCPAP machine wins DIT Design Competition
BubbleCPAP machine wins DIT Design CompetitionContributor: Carrie NoxonOn May 25, 2021, the DIT Design Studio announced the winners of its first Annual Design Competition. The Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) Design Studio is an advanced maker space at the...
DIT Design Studio: Innovation for COVID-19
Becoming a hub for COVID-19 PreparednessContributor: Carrie NoxonTanzania is home to over 60 million people. Its largest city, Dar es Salaam, is home to five million people—a densely populated and vibrant port city. Located within this city, inside one of its many...
‘Game changing’ equipment to prevent newborn deaths in Africa
Opportunity in Adversity
How NEST360 is Transforming Kenya’s Newborn Care During a PandemicContributor: Edith GichehaNewborn care in Kenya is transforming rapidly, and for the better. A team of dedicated Kenyan neonatal nurses, pediatricians and neonatologists have come together to form a...
World Prematurity Day in Nigeria
NEST360 joins Nigerian health leaders to present newborn care guidelines for World Prematurity Day Contributor: Nicole MorenoNEST360 Equipment Installation training at the UCH, Ibadan November 2020; a NEST pilot site.Each November, countries across the globe come...
HATCH technologies navigates challenges during COVID-19
HATCH Technologies Navigates through unprecedented supply chain challenges for COVID-19 response in Africa.Procurement of medical supplies made national headlines at the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, exposing a fragile supply chain for even the best equipped...
Malawi Design Studios provided & created PPE for those in need
Malawi Design Studios: Poly & MUST provide locally sourced PPE & technologies to respond to COVID-19 We are three women professionals in Malawi, Africa, who oversee university-level invention education. Our universities are home to two engineering design...
