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eSeminar on support of parents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
How can you support parents in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)? Who would know better than someone who has been affected herself? Learn more in the eSeminar by the Neonatal Care Academy with Silke Mader, Chairwoman of the Executive Board and co-founder of the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI). Silke shares the parent perspective on welcoming parents and the family 24 hours a day and…
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Every Newborn Everywhere: closing gaps in neonatal care – WHO and Unicef present Global report “Survive and Thrive” at WHO World Health Assembly in Geneva
A guest article by Livia Nagy Bonnard, EFCNI PAB member and co-founder of Melletted a helyem Egyesület (Right(s) beside you) Each year, health officials from all 194 WHO Member States gather in Geneva, Switzerland, for the 72nd World Health Assembly. After two years of preparation, the final report “Survive and Thrive; Transforming Care for every small and sick newborn” has been presented at this meeting. At a panel, the report’s findings were highlighted and discussed, together with two further reports,…
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Act early! Screen early! May is dedicated to our pre-eclampsia awareness campaign
May is Pre-eclampsia Awareness Month and 22 May is World Pre-eclampsia Day. We have been committed in raising awareness for this severe pregnancy complication ever since and launched our new, international awareness campaign Act Early! Screen Early! to join forces with affected women and medical experts around the world. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia may be rare conditions but the consequences can be immense – even fatal for both mother and child if untreated. Supported by renown medical societies like the Fetal…
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Weltstillwoche: Eltern stärken für das Stillen
Bereits zum vierten Mal in Folge feiert und unterstützt EFCNI die Weltstillwoche. Unter dem diesjährigen Thema Eltern stärken für das Stillen (orig. Empower parents, enable breastfeeding ), setzt sich die World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), als Gründerin der Weltstillwoche für das Stillen ein und betont, wie wichtig es ist, eine stillfreundliche Gesellschaft, zum Wohle von Müttern und Babys, zu schaffen. Wir unterstützen dies nachdrücklich und möchten einen Beitrag zur diesjährigen Kampagne leisten. Mit einer Umfrage möchten wir herausfinden und…
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Empower Parents – Enable Breastfeeding: EFCNI supports World Breastfeeding Week 2019
To support this year’s World Breastfeeding Week, EFCNI is reaching out to healthcare experts AND mothers as well as their partners with a survey, asking for your experiences, advice, challenges and needs in regards to breastfeeding. The results of the survey will be evaluated (anonymously) and displayed on an infographic. During World Breastfeeding Week the infographic will be shared on our website and social media accounts. Please klick on the respective links…
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Global report “Survive and Thrive; Transforming care for every small and sick newborn” presented at WHO World Health Assembly
After a thorough researching, writing and editing process, the report “Survive and Thrive; Transforming care for every small and sick newborn” was presented at the 72nd World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Assembly on 23 May in Geneva. EFCNI was actively involved in the editing process, participated in a finalising technical meeting and was represented at the panel discussion "Every Newborn Everywhere: closing gaps in neonatal care" by Livia Nagy, EFCNI PAB member and…
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Parental perspectives on neonatology and paediatric intensive care: EFCNI at the GNPI congress in Leipzig
The Annual Meeting of the Society for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine (GNPI) traditionally is one of the most important platforms in Germany to exchange views and latest research in neonatology and paediatric intensive care. EFCNI Chair Silke Mader and Vice Chair Nicole Thiele took part in the 45th GNPI congress in Leipzig, Germany, from 23 to 25 May 2019. In several talks and a dedicated session on the topic, Silke Mader shared the parents' views on discharge management…
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New e-learning resource: Preterm birth information for education professionals
Professor Samantha Johnson and the PRISM (Premature Infants’ Skills in Mathematics) Study team developed a new e-learning resource for teachers to help explain the impact being born preterm can have on a child’s development and learning, as well as practical ways teachers can support them at school. The e-learning resource is now free to schools and teachers throughout the world at www.pretermbirth.info In previous studies, the researchers had found out that education professionals lack…
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The NICU of the future: design meets function
Standards in practice - Best practice example for standards of care depicting the NICU of the future written by Dr Atle Moen, Consultant in neonatology at the Department of Neonatology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Norway Our knowledge of how hospitalised term and preterm infants perceive, relate and are influenced by their surrounding environment has improved significantly during the last 20 years. Infants are negatively influenced…
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Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm babies
Interview with Associate Professor Luke Jardine Luke Jardine works as Staff Specialist Neonatology at Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, Division of Neonatology. He is the author of numerous research publications in the field of neonatology with a focus on preterm birth and neonatal intensive care. Professor Jardine, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a quite serious complication mainly in preterm babies, can you give us a little more background on the disease and explain which babies are primarily at risk? RDS…
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