预防新生儿体温过低|概述
挑战
挑战体温过低或低体温是低资源地区婴儿死亡率的主要原因，即使在撒哈拉以南非洲和南亚等气候温暖的地方也是如此。体重不足和过早的婴儿特别容易受到体温过低的影响，这会增加死亡率风险，并可能导致不良的生长和神经发育延迟。
我们从哪里开始
尽管在美国广泛使用孵化器来解决体温过低，但它们需要电力，昂贵，使用复杂，难以清洁和维护，使它们不适合发展中国家。
我们的影响
Anne Hansen, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Boston Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, collaborated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies) to develop a heating pad that can keep a newborn warm for up to six hours without the need for electricity—ideal for settings with limited resources. Hot water, which can be easily and universally accessed, is used to warm the pad. The pad’s plastic coating can be washed with soap and water, making it sanitary and readily reusable. Following a successful pilot study, Dr. Hansen is now launching a large-scale trial of the warmer in preventing and treating neonatal hypothermia, which will include 10 hospitals across rural Rwanda.
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在您的支持下，我们可以继续扩展这项创新，以提高新生儿死亡率并开发创新的低成本解决方案，从而有助于改善和挽救全球的生命。