City Desk :
Health experts at a roundtable discussion have stressed ensuring necessary health care of infants born preterm to reduce neonatal deaths for attaining the sustainable development goals. They came up with the opinion at the discussion arranged recently at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) auditorium with UNICEF assistance in observance of the World Prematurity Day-2019.
The day was observed with the theme of “Born too soon: Providing the right care, at the right time, at the right place.”
Presided over by Director of RMCH Dr. Md. Faridul Islam, health experts including pediatrics from different public and private hospitals of Rangpur attended the discussion.
UNICEF Chief of field office for Rangpur and Rajshahi Divisions Najibullah Hameem and Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Mostofa Khaled Ahmed addressed the event as invited guests.
Junior Consultant (Pediatrics) of RMCH Dr. Monica Majumder presented keynote essay focusing on preventing premature delivery related complications by ensuring care during pregnancy, childbirth and temperature maintenance of preterm infants through Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), infection prevention and control.
An estimated 15 million infants are born preterm worldwide annually and one million of them die before completion of five years as incidents of preterm birth is increasing globally.
“Before completion of five years, over 23,000 children die of preterm birth complications in Bangladesh annually,” she added. Dr. Faridul Islam put emphasizes on integrating care of premature babies in the curriculum of service providers, including midwives, nurses and doctors. He stressed ensuring quality and regular care, check-ups and relevant interventions, including corticosteroid injections at least 48 hours before inducing delivery, to reduce side effects of premature birth.
Health experts at a roundtable discussion have stressed ensuring necessary health care of infants born preterm to reduce neonatal deaths for attaining the sustainable development goals. They came up with the opinion at the discussion arranged recently at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) auditorium with UNICEF assistance in observance of the World Prematurity Day-2019.
The day was observed with the theme of “Born too soon: Providing the right care, at the right time, at the right place.”
Presided over by Director of RMCH Dr. Md. Faridul Islam, health experts including pediatrics from different public and private hospitals of Rangpur attended the discussion.
UNICEF Chief of field office for Rangpur and Rajshahi Divisions Najibullah Hameem and Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Mostofa Khaled Ahmed addressed the event as invited guests.
Junior Consultant (Pediatrics) of RMCH Dr. Monica Majumder presented keynote essay focusing on preventing premature delivery related complications by ensuring care during pregnancy, childbirth and temperature maintenance of preterm infants through Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), infection prevention and control.
An estimated 15 million infants are born preterm worldwide annually and one million of them die before completion of five years as incidents of preterm birth is increasing globally.
“Before completion of five years, over 23,000 children die of preterm birth complications in Bangladesh annually,” she added. Dr. Faridul Islam put emphasizes on integrating care of premature babies in the curriculum of service providers, including midwives, nurses and doctors. He stressed ensuring quality and regular care, check-ups and relevant interventions, including corticosteroid injections at least 48 hours before inducing delivery, to reduce side effects of premature birth.
