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HELPING BABIES BREATHE, First Edition
The article by Kamath-Rayne et al.,1 in this issue of GHSP, reports on the review and revision of a widely deployed effort to reduce preventable asphyxia-related mortality and morbidity in newborns—Helping Babies Breathe (HBB). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) developed this 1- to 2-day simulation-based training package on newborn resuscitation, finalizing it in 2010. Together with partners, including the World Health Organization, the United States Agency for International Development, Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives program, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Laerdal Global Health, AAP subsequently introduced the program widely. The implementation effort, to date, has consisted primarily of large-scale campaigns to roll out the training (mainly on an in-service basis) and—in many cases—providing newborn resuscitation practice manikins in the health facilities where those trained are based. Impressively, close to half a million health workers across more than 80 countries have …