Search Results - "Azayo, Mary"
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Implementation of "Helping Babies Breathe": A 3-Year Experience in Tanzania
Published in Pediatrics (Evanston) (01-05-2017)“…This first-ever country-level study assesses the implementation of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) program in 15 of Tanzania's mainland regions by measuring…”
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A care bundle including antenatal corticosteroids reduces preterm infant mortality in Tanzania a low resource country
Published in PloS one (07-03-2018)“…Preterm neonatal mortality (NM) has remained high and unchanged for many years in Tanzania, a resource-limited country. Major causes of mortality include birth…”
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Structured on-the-job training to improve retention of newborn resuscitation skills: a national cohort Helping Babies Breathe study in Tanzania
Published in BMC pediatrics (07-02-2019)“…Newborn resuscitation is a life-saving intervention for birth asphyxia, a leading cause of neonatal mortality. Improving provider newborn resuscitation skills…”
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Evaluation of distance learning IMCI training program: the case of Tanzania
Published in BMC health services research (13-07-2018)“…The standard 11-days IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) training course (standard IMCI) has faced barriers such as high cost to scale up…”
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Lead Levels in Women at Delivery at the Muhimbili National Hospital: A Public Health Problem
Published in Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) (01-04-2009)“…Lead poisoning is a global health problem but unrecognized in African countries. Umbilical Cord Lead levels can be used to determine community exposure to…”
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Cost analysis of large-scale implementation of the 'Helping Babies Breathe' newborn resuscitation-training program in Tanzania
Published in BMC health services research (01-12-2016)“…Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) has become the gold standard globally for training birth-attendants in neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings in efforts…”
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Newborn screening for sickle cell disease: an innovative pilot program to improve child survival in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Published in International health (13-11-2019)“…Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a recognized cause of childhood mortality. Tanzania has the fifth highest incidence of SCD (with an estimated…”
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Validation of a novel tool for assessing newborn resuscitation skills among birth attendants trained by the Helping Babies Breathe program
Published in International journal of gynecology and obstetrics (01-11-2015)“…Abstract Objective To validate a simplified objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) tool for evaluating the competency of birth attendants in…”
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Provider experiences with the large-scale 'Helping Babies Breathe' training programme in Tanzania
Published in Paediatrics and international child health (02-01-2018)“…Objectives: Worldwide, there has been renewed emphasis on reducing neonatal mortality in low-resource countries. The Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) programme has…”
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