Today our second day and a half neonatal resuscitation training course began. The course is based on the Helping Babies Breathe curriculum from the American Academy of Pediatrics (see www.helpingbabiesbreathe.org). The manuals and flipcharts have been translated into Mongolian by one of the neonatologists we have been working with here. Our second course has included over 50 Obstetricians, midwives, and nurses. Participants in the 2 courses we have held this week come from 16 of the 21 provinces of Mongolia.
When we added up the number of combined monthly deliveries for all of the hospitals who sent people to be trained, we came up with 4770 deliveries per month or 57,240 deliveries per year. Mongolia has 60,000-65,000 births per year and a population of about 3 million. Now with the training kits that each hospital will receive, those who attended will go back and train their colleagues in this train-the-trainer program. We feel confident that those who are taught these resuscitation skills will make a difference and save many babies who might otherwise not survive.
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