A new approach to Public Health: Transforming Maternal and Newborn Care in Telangana
HealthCare India recently published an in depth report on our maternal and newborn child work in Telangana, India. Read the original post here or the excerpt from the post below. More than 659,000 newborn babies die every year in India. It is …
Following in the Footsteps of Successful Quality Improvement Initiatives: Modern Maternity Hospital in Petlaburj Starts New Sepsis Initiative
Modern Maternity Hospital, Petlaburj is the largest maternity hospital in Telangana, with an average of twelve hundred deliveries every month. The Special Newborn Care Unit in the hospital has more than two hundred admissions in a month, most of whom are babies …
Eliminating Sepsis in Khammam District Hospital Through Low Cost Quality Improvement
India is home to advanced innovations in healthcare services, yet it has the highest burden of newborn deaths in the world. The main causes of neonatal death in India are sepsis, low birth weight, premature births, and asphyxia. A newborn is most …
New Leadership Takes Hold at Telangana’s Aarogyasri Health Care Trust
ACCESS Health International and the Safe Care, Saving Lives Quality Improvement Collaborative are delighted to welcome Dr. K Manohar as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Government of Telangana Aarogyasri Health Care Trust. Dr. Manohar is CEO with Full Additional Charge, …
Safe Care, Saving Lives Quality Improvement Initiatives Serves as a Template for the Rajasthan Chirayu Program
Rajasthan is one of the four high mortality burden states in India, with a neonatal mortality rate of thirty two deaths per one thousand live births. More than fifty seven thousand babies die every year in the state – that is about …
Human Chain at Niloufer Hospital Highlights Breastfeeding as a Lifesaving Intervention
Breastfeeding is a critical intervention that could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children under the age of five. Newborns who are breastfed exclusively for the first six months of life have fewer infections and respiratory illnesses than newborns who …
Improving Quality of Care for Mothers and Newborns in India
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement held a quality improvement capacity building workshop for Safe Care, Saving Lives team members in August. The workshop was an opportunity for team members to develop a deep understanding of different models for quality improvement. Continuous quality …
ACCESS Health Featured in The Hindu Promoting Early Breastfeeding
This article originally appeared in The Hindu. Fewer Newborns in Telangana State get Breast Milk within an Hour In Telangana just 37% of newborns are breastfed within one hour of birth. The figure is lower than national average of 41.6%. Also, two …
Human Chain at Niloufer Hospital Highlights Breastfeeding as a Lifesaving Intervention
Dr. Ramesh Reddy, Director Medical Education, Telangana, kicks off a weeklong celebration of World Breastfeeding Week with event at Niloufer Hospital Hyderabad August 1, 2017. More than 100 doctors, nurses, and patients at Niloufer Hospital joined the Director Medical Education, Telangana to …
Hanamkonda Pioneers Simple Solutions to Reduce Sepsis Among Newborns
At the Government Maternity Hospital in Hanamkonda, Warangal District Telangana the Safe Care, Saving Lives team is finding simple solutions to solve major challenges affecting the health and wellbeing of mothers and newborns. In the Special Newborn Care Unit of the hospitals, …
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