West Bank HBB  June 2015

Ramallah, West Bank

Barry J. Anderton - Medical Director

Sandra Anderton - Adminstrator
Facilitators -Dina Nassar, Dr. David Heiner, Tina Whitchurch, Hothyfa Alhorini, Intlsar Anwar Bannoura, Jameeleh Hassan Talebe Hassan, Loai Saadi Aburayyan, Maher Awni Shabrour

Tawfic Alawi - Project Manager
Joyce and Jeffery Smith - Humanitarian Service Managers
BYU Jerusalem Center

 

    A large TOT HBB course was taught in Ramallah, West Bank.  Forty-six  students were taught.  Several students from previous courses were utilized as instructors.  100 bags masks, and penguin suctions were distributed to local birthing locations.   Perpetuation plans were created and shared.   Many success stories were related  to the group by previous trainees.  These stories will be shared in detail in up-coming posts.  The project was sponsored by the BYU Jerusalem Center with support from The Palestinian Pediatric Society and Dina Nassar (Juzoor)

 

  

Myanmar HBB  March 2015

Taunggyi  and   Loikaw , Myanmar

Barry J. Anderton - Medical Director

Sandra Anderton - Adminstrator
Facilitators - Dr. Kyaw Win Thant, Dr.Than Htwe,
Win Htut Thein,  Nyar Na

Larry and Linda Sippel - Project Managers

 

 Two HBB Master trainer courses were conducted in Shan and Kayah States.  62 participants were trained with representatives from all townships in Kayah state and 11 townships in Shan state participating.  In Shan state representatives from the state midwifery and nursing schools were also trained.   50 training kits were distributed along with 500 bag  and masks with  penguin suction devices. Each township made detailed teaching plans designed to reach and equip all  their midwives.

 

 



 

 

Urgent Announcement

Haiti January HBB Courses Postponed 

 

 

     Due to political unrest and probable  disruption of transportation and other services during January we have been advised by our coordinator in Port au Prince to postpone our  courses.  We have rescheduled  the course in PAP to February 11,12,13,14.  They exact time and dates will be determined in the next week.  The new dates will coincide with a national meeting for neonatal and maternal health on February 13, 14 in PAP.  We apologize for any inconvenience this change may have made for participants and instructors. We hope that all can make arrangements to allow participation during the new dates. Please advise us if you can still participate.

            Haiti 2013 HBB  --  PAP and Leogane  -- Survey Results

We’d like to thank all those who have assisted in HBB training in the last year.  We have just completed our 6th month survey of the 125 participants of the Master Trainer courses in Leogane and PAP held in

 The results are summarized below:

• 71 participants completed the survey

• 1380 more people were trained by the course participants

• 650 bags & masks and 75 training kits were distributed to birthing facilities and midwives

• 10% of participants reported successful bag & mask resuscitation of at least 1 newborn

• 60% of the respondents reported ongoing training efforts

  

New AAP Global Resource Page

       The AAP has just released a valuable new resource.   It is called the Global Resource Page and can be accessed through the link on this page. It makes available for the first time electronic copies of both the HBB and Essential Newborn Care materials.  The materials are offered in multiple languages.  This resource will, in my opinion, greatly enhance our ability to conduct HBB courses in resource poor countries. 

Up-Coming HBB and NRP courses

We thank you all who have previously helped with courses.  We are now in the process of completing our post-course survey and will share the results when this process is completed.  Due to the unrest in Gaza, we have rescheduled our HBB and NRP courses until Spring of 2015.  Our 2nd trip to Myanmar is currently planned for Nov 15th - 26th where we will be teaching HBB master trainer courses in Shan and Kayin States.
Two HBB courses are planned in PAP and St Marc, Haiti for the week of Jan 19, 2015.  We are seeking instructors with French and Haitian Creole fluency.
Please let us know if you are interested.
Thank you.
Barry Anderton, MD

Haiti - December 2013

Leogane and Port au Prince

Barry Anderton MD, Max Crouch MD

Patrick LeBlanc, Weiner LeBlanc MD

Mary OConner MD

Sandra Anderton - Administrator

Theodore Berthony - Project Manager

 

    Two HBB master trainer courses were held  with cooperation of the Leogane Nursing School, the National Medical and Nursing Schools, and the Haitian Pediatric Society. Participants numbered 43 in Leogane and included many of the senior nursing students.  Participants numbered 70 in Port au Prince and included 45 senior medical and nursing students. Many of the students developed plans to teach HBB during their upcoming year of social service.  Discussions were held with Dr. Cadet , Dean of the Medical School. He expressed a need for a Creole translation of the HBB materials to better reach the many midwives in the rural areas. The possibility of a multi year relationship with the national schools was discussed including a rotation for selected students to become part of the yearly training team.