PIPNU’s perspective, endorsing each of the 8 best practices outlined in the Community Health Coalition’s (CHIC) 2017 Report: Best Practice 1: Community-Led Design PIPNu wholeheartedly endorses community-led design, recognizing that meaningful community engagement drives effective health solutions. Our organization has established community advisory boards, comprising local leaders and stakeholders, to inform program design and ensure...Read More

What is parenteral nutrition? Parenteral nutrition in preterm and ill babies is a feeding therapy that provides nutrition through the veins (into the bloodstream) to babies who cannot (yet) be adequately fed by mouth or through a feeding tube.  Preterm and ill babies are often fed through a tube that is passed through the mouth or...Read More

The aim of nutritional support for a preterm baby is to achieve a similar growth rate compared to the fetus at the same age. In order to reach the optimal development experts, recommend to start feeding as soon as possible after birth. However, it may not always be possible to start full feeding immediately after...Read More

The World Health Assembly (= decision-making body of WHO) provided the first definition of preterm birth in 1948. Nowadays this is the most extensively used and accepted definition of preterm birth. The average pregnancy lasts for approximately 37 to 42 weeks. Every baby born before completion of 37 weeks of pregnancy (also called weeks of...Read More