Supporting Over
200+ Preterm Babie
Our work is dedicated to improving the situation of mothers and newborn infants in Uganda across the full spectrum of care through;
Supporting Pregnancy Mothers with high risk of their baby born premature and bridging the gap between parents, healthcare experts from different disciplines, with the common goal of improving long-term health of preterm and newborn children.
With our activities we want to reduce preterm birth rates, ensure the best possible treatment, care, and support and to improve the long-term health of preterm infants and newborns with illnesses.
Raising awareness and increasing our impact is what our network strives to take action on. Our efforts are around making media rounds on radio, Television and social media sharing knowledge on prematurity, caring for a preterm baby, hygiene, and pregnancy related conditions like pre-eclampsia, post discharge home care for preterm among others. We aim to inform, empower and support parents and caregivers of preterm babies, families, parent’s groups, medical experts, educators, political decision-makers and many more.
Many mothers face challenges after leaving the hospital because preterm babies have low immunity and get complications any time. This leaves the mother desperate for immediate counsel in case any issues raise up. Because of this, we created the parent support groups where mothers can share and support each other; In addition, there is a medical expert on the group to give professional advice. They advise the mothers whose preterm babies are experiencing conditions that need urgent attention and require visiting a health care facility.
Preterm Infant Parents Network Uganda organizes a number of trainings to give parents, caregivers, and health workers a better understanding of what prematurity is, together with the knowledge and skills, they need to care for a preterm baby. This improves their confidence in caring for preterm babies, which positively influences the baby’s chances at good health and a normal life. We do post discharge trainings, KMC training, lifesaving actions, nutrition and feeding among others.
Our network has a database of new preterm mothers generated from our post discharge trainings and outreach programs, who we follow up on by contacting them about the progress and wellbeing of the preterm baby. In case the preterm baby developed any complication, we document and link the mother or caregiver to the relevant specialist so that immediate action starts towards the young one getting better with treatment.
When a baby is born premature or with medical complications, that family’s life changes drastically. Our purpose is to make sure we walk with these families throught the entire journey to ensure every premature ends up with the life everyone deserves
We have weekly trainings on a number of pretem Topics for both inside and outside parents
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We work with a number of partners and organisations that share the same vision as us, that every preterm baby derseves achance to live.
