Thanks For Your Support!
Your contribution will be used for multiple projects: training of African doctors and nurses in neonatology; support of a NICU team which gives babies their best chance of survival; leading the annual Tiny Feet, Big Steps— Caring for Critically Ill and Premature Babies in Africa conference. To date, our hosted Tiny Feet, Big Steps International African Neonatology conferences have trained over 250 hospitals across Africa, 700 doctors and nurses. We demonstrate a low-technology, high-impact, evidence-based care model that has resulted in our NICU achieving a 92% survival rate among nearly 2,400 small and premature babies.
Preterm baby girl, born at 1 kg (2.2 pounds), nearing hospital discharge after 60 days in the NICU.
Tiny Feet, Big Steps 2024: sub-Saharan Africa’s largest neonatology training conference for nurses and doctors.
Premature babies are often able to survive with knowledgeable care using low-tech respiratory support (bubble CPAP), thermoregulation and nutritional support.
Training/ Outreach
In 2021, we launched our first “Tiny Feet, Big Steps— Advancing care of Critically-ill and Premature Babies in Africa” neonatology conference, paired with published a first-ever manual of our neonatology protocols for East Africa. Written by our team, this book (400 pages) was part of the international African neonatology training conference.
In 2023, we released a 2nd edition of our Every Breath Counts Manual of Neonatal Care & Drug Doses. To date, this book has been sent to nearly 250 hospitals in 25 African countries.