Open AccessImproving Global Newborn Survival: Building upon <b><i>Helping Babies Breathe</i></b>
Author(s) -
Susan Niermeyer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000507025
Subject(s) - medicine , asphyxia , infant mortality , neonatal resuscitation , population , neonatal mortality , neonatal death , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , resuscitation , emergency medicine , pregnancy , environmental health , fetus , biology , genetics
Achieving the targets of the Every Newborn Action Plan by the year 2030 will require accelerating the current reduction in neonatal mortality. Educational programs addressing the three major causes of neonatal death - intrapartum-related events (asphyxia), prematurity and small size at birth, and infection - have the potential to significantly reduce preventable mortality. Helping Babies Breathe is an example of an educational program that not only has given health care providers around the world access to current resuscitation science but has changed provider behavior and patient outcomes and resulted in perinatal quality improvement in small- and large-scale trials. However, to realize impact on neonatal mortality at the population level, perinatal educational programs that comprehensively address all aspects of essential newborn care must be implemented at scale with high coverage and quality.