The name of Rwanda’s group prenatal care program was chosen by its participants. “Ibaruke Neza Mubeyi” which means “may every woman have a healthy birth” @smusange#EndPTB
“When I first met representatives from @WHO I was skeptical. I didn’t think we could move from 4 prenatal visits to 8. But now I believe. We must convince women of the difference, the same way we convinced them to bring their babies in for vaccinations” @DianeGashumba#endPTB
“In low-income countries we have low access to water. How can we give proper healthcare without being able to wash our hands? For this we are calling upon governments and partners to invest in healthcare systems. Without water we cannot provide quality care” #WilsonWere#endPTB
“We cannot invest in good immediate care for Preterm babies without investing in good follow up services” #alexcoutinho is giving us all so much life. The whole audiences keeps nodding and going “umhumm”. #EndPTB
The more I find out the less I know. Amazing and provocative speech by Alex continho. #Scientificactivism#EndPTB what a way to end the first day of our symposium.
Our friends at @UCSFPTBiEA set out to collect 1,117 tiny hats for tiny babies by 11/1/17 in recognition of #WorldPrematurityDay2017 - here are just a few of the 14,000+ response from 45 states, 4 provinces in Canada, and 3 countries in Africa! @UCSF
It's World Prematurity Day and the count is in! 14,000 tiny hats. That's 12x our goal. Thanks to all the knitters and crocheters who made tiny hats, preterm babies in East Africa will have a warm, healthy start. @UCSFPTBI@DilysWalker@waiswap@smusange#endPTB
An estimated 75% of #preterm babies could survive with few proven and cost efective preventions and treatments.
Let them thrive. Let's do our part.
#WorldPrematurityDay!