The Essential Newborn Care Course 2nd edition is designed for health workers who care for newborns in low resource settings. Essential Newborn Care 1 (formerly Helping Babies Breathe) focuses on training providers to care for newborns immediately after delivery and lifesaving neonatal resuscitation and care during the first 60 minutes of life. Essential Newborn Care 2 (formerly Essential Care for Every Baby and Essential Care for the Small Baby) focuses on providing care from 60 to 90 minutes of life through the first month of life. This also covers recognition and care of sick newborns, premature and low birthweight newborns. The second edition of this course incorporates guidance from recent World Health Organization recommendations; addresses global gaps in care; and includes links to key references and resources. The updated course focuses on contemporary learning methods so that learners can train at their own pace and trainers can deliver content in person or virtually. Quality Improvement is prioritized, and learners will be introduced to new templates and the use of local data for sustained improvement.
Course dates: October 14th – October 16th, 2024
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Looking for the most updated Essential Newborn Care (ENC) resources for Helping Mothers and Babies Survive?
You may be interested in the newly released World Health Organization Essential Newborn Care Course (WHO ENC).
This educational program incorporates the content and methodology of Helping Babies Breathe, Essential Care for Every Baby and Essential Care for Small Babies.
In addition, there are a series of thematic modules to explore topics in more depth and many new resources – including Global Health Media Project videos, Simulation and Clinical Practice Cards, and integration of quality improvement within the framework of the course and extending afterwards.
The new educational materials are available in pdf format for face-to-face education, delivered in the same style as the Helping Babies Breathe workshops. ENC 1 (an expanded and improved HBB) is also available as an online course for hybrid learning with facilitated skills practice, assessments, and quality improvement.
All new materials can be accessed on the WHO site for face-to-face materials and feedback form. Additionally, we recommend checking out the Helping Mothers and Babies Survive website for both face-to-face and online educational materials. This site was created by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Jhpiego, and Laerdal.
