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Essay On Neonatal Education

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Rocking the pre-mature baby I just resuscitated in my arms, I began to reflect on how and why I sat in a resource limited outpatient clinic in Tanzania sweating more than I have ever imagined but still smiling; the answer, I love making a difference in global health. In the past 6 years, I have made 7-week long trips to a small region in Guatemala caring for the underserved Mayan populations and a two-month medical mission to the small underdeveloped town of Moshi at the foothills of Kilimanjaro, where in the 1st week I identified a need for neonatal education. To that end, I designed and implemented a program called Karibu Duniani, in Kiswahili means Welcome to the World. The program consisted of classes for the nursing staff teaching exam techniques and their necessity, maternal education encouraging weekly follow-ups for both mother and child to ensure continued health, and continuous staff testing culminating in a final written and practical exam. At the end of seven weeks, I was able, with confidence, to certify five of the nine nursing staff as proficient in basic neonatal exam techniques and ensured sustainability of the program by confirming at least one of the certified staff was capable of teaching. The program worked! The data proved an increase in the number of weekly neonatal visits and a decrease in the overall number …show more content…

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