Organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Two sessions on 6 May, 2020, 10 am CEST and 1pm CEST
This webinar will detail the imperative of expanding provision of care to all newborns, including the most vulnerable ones, and will demonstrate that additional progress can be made towards our goal to end preventable newborn deaths by 2030 through people-centred care for small and sick newborns. In addition, the webinar will present further details about India’s experience in transforming both facility and community-based management of newborn care (1st session) and a perspective on the powerful role that parents can play as change agents for small and sick newborn care (2nd session).
The webinar will also address the risk of COVID-19 for newborns and the importance of maintaining maternal and neonatal services during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The presentations will be followed by a Q & A session.
SESSION 1: 8 am Accra Time (GMT), 10 am Geneva (CEST), 11 am Addis Ababa (EAT), 4 am New York (EDT), 1.30 pm New Delhi (IST) - duration: 1 hour
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Presenters:
- Mary Kinney will present the key findings of the 1st chapter ‘Now is the time to transform care for Newborns’ of the Survive and Thrive: transforming care for every small and sick newborn report. She is a co-author of the report and an Advisor for Newborn Health Evidence and Advocacy with Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives programme.
- Dr. Ajay Khera will explain India’s experience in transforming care for newborns, at both facility and community level. Dr. Khera is the Commissioner, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India.
SESSION 2: 11 am Accra Time (GMT), 1 pm Geneva (CEST), 2pm Addis Ababa (EAT), 7 am New York (EDT), 4.30 pm New Delhi (IST) - duration: 1 hour
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Presenters:
- Dr. Lily Kak will present the key findings of the 1st chapter ‘Now is the time to transform care for Newborns’ of the Survive and Thrive: transforming care for every small and sick newborn report. She is a co-author of the report and Team Lead for Newborn Health" at USAID.
- Silke Mader will share the parents’ perspective in caring for their small and sick newborns. She is Chairwoman of the Executive Board and co-founder of European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants and co-founder of The Global Alliance for Newborn Care.
This is the first webinar in a series organized by the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Transforming care for small and sick newborns, in collaboration with the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. Experts on neonatal health will present the findings of the Survive and Thrive: transforming care for every small and sick newborn report, share country experiences, and introduce the World Health Organization's new standards of care for small and sick newborns. See the whole series
