Innovations in Healthcare: Examples from India and beyond
ACCESS Health launched its latest book Every Second Counts with an hour long session at the Jaipur Literature Festival, titled “Innovations in Healthcare”. The book describes the story of the largest emergency response providers in the world, the Emergency Management and Research …
Government of Telangana Leads Quality Improvement Initiatives Across the State to Help Save the Lives of Preterm Babies
Healthcare leaders in Telangana joined together at Niloufer Hospital to pledge their support to improve health outcomes for babies born preterm. Premature birth and low birthweight is a leading cause of infant mortality in India. The Government of Telangana has undertaken a …
Age-Friendly NYC: Age in Everything
Age-Friendly NYC was launched in 2007 in response to the global Age-Friendly Cities initiative of the World Health Organization. Age-Friendly NYC strives to make New York City inclusive and accessible to seniors. Today, over one million people in New York City are …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Bright Start Members Visit First Respond in Shanghai
ACCESS Health China led a group of students from the Bright Start Project to visit the First Respond Shanghai office on June 28, 2017. The Chief Operations Officer of First Respond Robin Jun Lu, delivered a lecture to the students on the …
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