Pakistan’s Neonatal Resuscitation Manual: Provider Guide

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In Brief

Pakistan’s Neonatal Resuscitation Manual is a national guide that teaches doctors, nurses and midwives how to help newborn babies who struggle to breathe at birth. Written for the resources available in Pakistan, it explains in simple, step-by-step language what to do in the first minutes of life, when quick action saves lives. Dr. Rafia Gul is one of the book’s authors.

Key Points

• Pakistan has one of the highest newborn death rates in the world, and prematurity, birth asphyxia and infections cause around 90% of these deaths.
• Newborn deaths are falling much more slowly than deaths in children under five, so standard, well-trained resuscitation is a key way to save babies.
• The Pakistan Pediatric Association asked its Neonatology Group to create a local, evidence-based and up-to-date resuscitation manual suited to the resources available in Pakistan.
• Written by experts from every province and federal area along with international experts, it covers how a baby adapts at birth and gives step-by-step resuscitation guidance with diagrams, tables and a simple algorithm.
• It is the basis of a one-day, hands-on training course for health providers, and a facilitator manual is also being developed.

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