By Neeharika Tummala | In-The-Field Rep - India
The following is a postcard from Neeharika Tummala, GlobalGiving's In-the-Field Representative in India, about her recent visit to Embrace.
I had never even heard of the town of Raebareli until I had a visit scheduled to meet them. As we got into Raebareli we passed fields and fields of wheat as we moved into even more remote parts of Raebareli. The Embrace staff were lovely as they took me around to meet some of the families and their newborns who were either in the warmers of in the kangaroo method of providing body heat, where the kids are held up against a parents chest. The staff explained that often these kids are born underweight due to poor diet and therefore need that extra support when kids are born. Parents especially have poor understanding of how to take care of such delicate newborns and therefore education is also necessary in additional to natal care. I visited 3 different hospitals and each of the hospital management were very happy to have the infant warmers in their hospitals. They all spoke about the capacity challenges of being a remote rural hospital which lacks the sophistication of hospital incubators. These warmers are a low cost alternative for them, which is are not only easy for their staff to use but also appropriate given the power shortages in India. All of the staff members that use it gave me a demo and spoke about the effectiveness and easy of use of the devices. What a great example of innovation in healthcare.
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