Thanks For Your Support!
Your contribution will be used for multiple projects through ICHA: training of African doctors and nurses in neonatology; support of a NICU team which gives babies their best chance of survival; leading the annual Tiny Feet, Big Steps— Caring for Critically Ill and Premature Babies in Africa conference. To date, our TFBS conferences have trained over 200 hospitals across Africa, 500 doctors and nurses. We provide low-technology, high-impact, evidence-based care to nearly 2,400 newborn babies since we opened with a 92% survival rate. No baby is ever turned away due to financial reasons.
Preterm baby girl, born at 1 kg (2.2 pounds), nearing hospital discharge after 60 days in the NICU.
Tiny Feet, Big Steps 2024: sub-Saharan Africa’s largest neonatology training conference for nurses and doctors.
Premature babies are often able to survive with knowledgeable care using low-tech respiratory support (bubble CPAP), thermoregulation and nutritional support.
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In 2021, we launched our first “Tiny Feet, Big Steps— Advancing care of Critically-ill and Premature Babies in Africa” neonatology conference, paired with published a first-ever manual of our neonatology protocols for East Africa. Written by our team, this book (380 pages) was part of the international African neonatology training conference that has trained over 500 doctors and nurses from numerous African countries.
In 2023, we released a 2nd edition of our Every Breath Counts Manual of Neonatal Care & Drug Doses. To date, this book has been sent to nearly 200 hospitals in 20 African countries.