I’m in my 2nd year of residency training to become a pediatrician. During my residency training, I developed a strong interest in maternal and newborn health and became trained in a program called Helping Babies Breathe. This program trains health care providers to provide resuscitation to newborns in resource-limited settings. The program has a train-the-trainer model, intended to promote sustainability in developing countries.
Project Humanity is a non-profit NGO that has been working on Rusinga Island, Kenya for the past few years. The leader of their medical team is Kay, a registered nurse. Kay has trained many local providers in Helping Babies Breathe over the years. I had the opportunity to join her and others from Project Humanity for their most recent trip in March 2016. My role was to train more providers and to observe how the training was being implemented in one of the nearby hospitals, Mbita Hospital.
Thanks to KimKaps, we were able to deliver 9 surgical caps to the women working in the Labor & Delivery Suite at Mbita Hospital. They had never worn or used surgical caps before so this turned into a great opportunity to teach about the importance of cleanliness in the hospital setting!
One surgical cap was donated to the sole medical director of a clinic on Rusinga Island called Kamasengre Clinic. This is 1 of 3 clinics intended to serve a population of an estimated 4,000-5,000 people! She was so happy and appreciative of the donation.
Thank you KimKaps for being so generous!!
