Saving Babies' Lives

Community, Health System Strengthening, Saving Babies' Lives
Saved by Timely Intervention
In Preal Village, Rovieng District, Preah Vihear Province, a farmer named Sak is one of two Village Health Support Group (VHSG) volunteers assigned to the community. Sak has been a VHSG for over 26 years, and has been participating in Participatory Action Research (PAR),…
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Health System Strengthening, Saving Babies' Lives
Checking in at Rovieng Health Centre in Rural Preah Vihear
The AHC Saving Babies’ Lives team return to Rovieng Health Centre in rural Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, to follow up on neonatal care training and BaRT.
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Neonatal, Policy & Guidelines, Saving Babies' Lives
Meet BaRT: The App Helping Newborns Breathe
AHC has developed an innovative and sustainable solution to reduce neonatal mortality due to breathing-related deaths: the Baby Resuscitation Training system (BaRT).
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Education, Health System Strengthening, Neonatal, Saving Babies' Lives
Training the Trainers – The Next Step in Newborn Healthcare
Saving Babies Lives (SBL) is AHC’s flagship programme, charged with improving the neonatal mortality rate in one of the most rural Cambodia’s provinces, Preah Vihear. The SBL team have been on the ground in Preah Vihear for two years, having already trained hundreds of…
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Saving Babies' Lives
The Blueprint Design: Saving Babies’ Lives
Three hours via motorbike on bumpy, dusty dirt roads gets one mother and her sick newborn to their closest health centre. During rainy season, it might double. If her newborn is critically ill, it’ll take an additional six hours to reach the nearest hospital…
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Saving Babies' Lives
Saving Babies’ Lives Patient Story: Meet Baby Devi
Born only eight days ago in the rural Chamroeun Health Centre in Preah Vihear province, baby Devi has already spent all of his short life fighting to survive. “When he first came we saw the patient was seriously ill; floppy, not active, not crying,…
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Saving Babies' Lives
Saving Babies’ Lives Patient Story: Meet Baby Sopheak
Baby Sopheak was born in a rural health centre of Preah Vihear only 7 days ago. He is receiving phototherapy treatment in the new neonatal ward at the Preah Vihear Referral Hospital. His parents live in an isolated village over one hour away from…
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Saving Babies' Lives
AHC is Saving Babies’ Lives
At a remote health centre in northern Cambodia just below the Thai border, a small group of volunteer health workers gather. It’s a Village Health Support Group (VHSG), and it’s one of dozens that takes place across the province.
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