Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatment – The Mail & Guardian

Two superbugs causing over half of infections that kill newborns in Soweto and outsmarting treatment – The Mail & Guardian

Over the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand’s vaccines and infectious diseases analytics unit analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children under five who died at public health facilities in Soweto, southwest of Johannesburg.  With the people in the area living in from informal settlements to structured houses, the cases seen here are a good window into what is likely to be seen in other urban townships in Sout…

NGN - Newborn Nutrition-SHERPATH

Newborn Nutrition – Patient 1 Client is a G1, P1 27-year-old woman who gave birth to a full-term baby girl through spontaneous vaginal delivery. Client has self-reported to be positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). done That’s right! Rationale: For newborns who are learning how to suckle, a slow-flow nipple is recommended to prevent choking. Bottles and nipples should be washed with warm, soapy […]

A newborn was diagnosed with a disease so rare it has no name, and her mother just became her unlikely savior

Amanda LaValle was expecting a normal birth when she went to the hospital for her C-section in Pennsylvania. She already had two kids, Eliana who is 2 and Owen who is 7. Her past pregnancies were hard and painful, but her babies were always born healthy. She thought this time would be the same. According to People, things went wrong right after baby Iris Hope was born. The newborn was having trouble breathing. Doctors quickly put a tube down her…