Newborn Care Series

Newborns die at alarming rates in the developing world, nearly 4 million every year. Most can be saved with low-cost, low-tech interventions. This newborn care series brings alive these lifesaving interventions in a memorable and engaging way to help health workers learn and save newborn lives.



HealthPhone: Setting up an IV Line



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This film shows the procedure to set up a micro-dropper IV giving set.

The primary audience are frontline health workers in primary and district level facilities. This video was filmed in Nigeria and the Dominican Republic.


Produced by: Global Health Media Project with support from USAID/MCHIP.

HealthPhone: Setting up an IV Line

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Newborn Care Series

Basic Skills	Inserting a Gastric Tube
Feeding with a Gastric Tube	Inserting an IV
Setting Up an IV Line	Taking a Heel Blood Sample
Referring a Sick Baby	Newborn Physical Exam
Breathing Problems	Umbilical Infections
Sepsis	The Home Visit
Giving an Intradermal Injection	Jaundice
The Cold Baby	Thrush