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Keeping the umbilical cord intact – now also in preterm births

2021-03-30 / News

Proper care during and after birth is an important health issue concerning both mother and baby, especially so in cases of preterm birth. Babies born too soon often require direct medical support after birth. Sometimes, they do not start to breathe on their own right away. However, lack of oxygen during those first few minutes […]

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Our campaign 11 Months – 11 Topics enters its 6th year

2021-03-22 / News

In 2016, we first launched our information campaign 11 Months – 11 Topics in order to promote the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health. We developed a special 11 Months – 11 Topics calendar which runs from February to December. Each month corresponds to one of the eleven main topics of the standards project. We are proud to say […]

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Чудово! The first European Standards of Care for Newborn Health have been translated into Ukrainian

2021-02-11 / News

We are happy to announce that the topic of “Care Procedures” has been translated into Ukrainian! Thanks to the collaboration between the Association of Neonatologists of Ukraine and the national parent organisation “Ranni ptashky – Early Birds” as well as the help of the organisation “Moving Forward Together ” and the Czech Centres , the […]

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Translating the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health

2021-01-28 / News

Spreading the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health is an integral part of the implementation process. But this also means that people have to be able to read and understand the Standards in order to discuss and, ultimately, apply them. This is why translating the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health is such […]

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The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health are available in Italian – Gli Standard Assistenziali Europei per la Salute del Neonato sono disponibili in italiano

2020-11-17 / News

La diffusione degli Standard Assistenziali Europei per la Salute del Neonato (European Standards of Care for Newborn Health) passa anche dalla possibilità di disporre una versione nel nostro idioma. È per questo che la Società Italiana di Neonatologia (SIN) e Vivere ONLUS, Coordinamento Nazionale delle Associazioni, hanno deciso di tradurre gli standard in italiano, facendo […]

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SARS-COV-2 epidemic and medical training: Unnecessary risk or indispensable duty

2020-10-15 / News

A guest article by Schwindt E., Jung P., Jessie M, Heimberg, Hoffmann, Deindl P., Härting H., Schwindt J.   Since the outbreak and the worldwide spread of SARS-COV-2 at the beginning of 2020, the entire world has changed.  Over 1 million deaths worldwide are attributed to SARS-COV-2 in 2020 (data from October 1st). Lockdowns and […]

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European Standards of Care for Newborn Health – One year anniversary

2019-12-18 / News

We achieved a lot, it was a long way. In November, it has been exactly one year since the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health had been officially launched in the European Parliament in Brussels. 5 years of hard work had come to a close. Yet, this marked the beginning of the next big steps: disseminating […]

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Parent organisations meet to put standards into practice

2019-11-26 / News

Parent organisations play an important part in implementing the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health that were launched a year ago. This is why EFCNI organises workshops for representatives of parent organisations on a regular basis, deepening their knowledge of the standards. This weekend EFCNI was happy to welcome attendees from 10 countries in Munich for […]

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