Global Health Media Project will be releasing a new set of newborn care and childbirth videos over the next several weeks. The first—Care of the Cord—is now available in English, French, and Spanish, and may be accessed at http://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/  This video shows how to tightly tie or clamp the cord, several aspects of cord care, and how to apply chlorhexidine gel. Chlorhexidine gel has been shown to be effective in reducing newborn deaths from sepsis, and is now recommended in some areas of the world where newborns are at greatest risk of infection.

This video is intended for frontline health workers in the developing world. All of our videos can be downloaded free-of-charge for use in low-resource settings.

We are grateful for the collaboration of partners throughout the world who help make this work possible, many who we’ve connected with through the HIFA/CHILD networks: content experts, clinical site hosts, field-testers, and translators and narrators.  

As always, we value your feedback and would appreciate receiving any comments about how you use the videos in your training.

Thanks and kind regards,

Deb

Deborah Van Dyke, Director

Global Health Media Project

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