ArticlePloS one2017
Successful implementation of Helping Babies Survive and Helping Mothers Survive programs-An Utstein formula for newborn and maternal survival.
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- Effects of the Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding after Birth training on near miss morbidity and mortality in Uganda: A cluster-randomized trial.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2021Trial
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- Neonatal resuscitation skills acquisition among healthcare providers after Helping Babies Breathe simulation training using improved tools across two regions in Tanzania.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2025Article
- Improving quality of maternal and newborn care: An evaluation of enablers and barriers in implementing emergency obstetric and newborn care training in Bhutan and Lao People's Democratic Republic.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- A formula for survival in surgery.Patient safety in surgery · 2023Article
- Newborn resuscitation simulation training and changes in clinical performance and perinatal outcomes: a clinical observational study of 10,481 births.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2022Article
- Perspectives of medical students on simulation-based training: the Nigerian experience.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
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- Simulation and team training embedded nurse mentoring programme and improvement in intrapartum and newborn care in a low-resource setting in Bihar, India.Journal of global health · 2020Article
- Perspectives on simulation-based training from paediatric healthcare providers in Nigeria: a national survey.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Using research priority-setting to guide bridging the implementation gap in countries - a case study of the Uganda newborn research priorities in the SDG era.Health research policy and systems · 2019Article
- Stakeholder perceptions on patient-centered care at primary health care level in rural eastern Uganda: A qualitative inquiry.PloS one · 2019Article
- Effect of the competency-basedBMJ global health · 2019Article
- Helping Babies Breathe, Second Edition: A Model for Strengthening Educational Programs to Increase Global Newborn Survival.Global health, science and practice · 2018Article
- Decision-making for birth location among women in Pakistan: evidence from national survey.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
- A breath of life, and heartbeats for life: the science and soul of neonatal resuscitation.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
Globally, the burden of deaths and illness is still unacceptably high at the day of birth. Annually, approximately 300.000 women die related to childbirth, 2.7 million babies die within their first month of life, and 2.6 million babies are stillborn. Many of these fatalities could be avoided by basic, but prompt care, if birth attendants around the world had the necessary skills and competencies to manage life-threatening complications around the time of birth. Thus, the innovative Helping Babies Survive (HBS) and Helping Mothers Survive (HMS) programs emerged to meet the need for more practical, low-cost, and low-tech simulation-based training. This paper provides users of HBS and HMS programs a 10-point list of key implementation steps to create sustained impact, leading to increased survival of mothers and babies. The list evolved through an Utstein consensus process, involving a broad spectrum of international experts within the field, and can be used as a means to guide processes in low-resourced countries. Successful implementation of HBS and HMS training programs require country-led commitment, readiness, and follow-up to create local accountability and ownership. Each country has to identify its own gaps and define realistic service delivery standards and patient outcome goals depending on available financial resources for dissemination and sustainment.
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