Adaptation of Essential Care for Every Baby educational program to improve infant outcomes in the context of Zika.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The outbreak and ongoing transmission of Zika virus provided an opportunity to strengthen essential newborn care and early childhood development systems through collaboration with the US Agency for International Development Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (USAID ASSIST). The objective was to create a system of sustainable training dissemination which improves newborn care-related quality indicators in the context of Zika.

Methods

From 2018-19, USAID ASSIST supported a series of technical assistance visits by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in four Caribbean countries to strengthen the clinical capacity in care of children potentially affected by Zika through dissemination of Essential Care for Every Baby (ECEB), teaching QI methodology,

SUBMITTER: McNelis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9677636 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature