Align with regional guidelines, best practices and local language
Help nurses and doctor optimize care with the resources they have available
Keep babies safe by helping nurses calculate the doses of medication and nutrition for babies as small as two pounds
NoviGuide makes diagnosing and treating sick and small newborns easier, safer and faster. Bottom line: NoviGuide protects newborn lives.
NoviGuide’s use has skyrocketed from four hospitals to 41 hospitals in only two years with the technology reaching rural and war-torn regions of Africa where neonatal mortality is highest. Critical to this success have been the efforts of field partners, especially the Nakakeeto Foundation in Uganda and HEAL Africa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“Since we started using NoviGuide, we’ve seen fewer early newborn deaths and fewer babies readmitted to the neonatal unit,” says Sister Marcy Obizuyo of Koboko General Hospital in northwestern Uganda. “The tool also gives us more time for learning, which has improved our skills. NoviGuide has truly transformed our hospital, making our care better and leaving mothers more satisfied.”
Seeking to expand NoviGuide’s reach through field and funding partnerships, Dr. Joshua Bress, President of Global Strategies says, “The cure for neonatal mortality is an empowered nurse. A nurse empowered with the knowledge to treat babies wherever they are born, using whatever hospital resources are available on site. With 2.5 million lives lost each year, this problem demands urgent action and NoviGuide is built to solve it.”
NoviGuide makes diagnosing and treating sick and small newborns easier, safer and faster. Bottom line: NoviGuide protects newborn lives.
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Global Strategies is a California-based nonprofit organization that empowers communities in the most neglected areas of the world to improve the lives of women and children through healthcare. Global Strategies was founded in 1999 by Dr. Arthur Ammann, a pioneering HIV researcher. NoviGuide was inspired by the organization’s direct field work with nurses caring for newborns in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Henry Waliggo trains nurses on NoviGuide at Yumbe Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
Nurse Immaculée Uwamaria, HEAL Africa, DRC
Nurse Euphrasie Cinkunda uses NoviGuide at Centre Hospitalier Muungano, DRC
