Neonatal care and training services by the ministry of health in Turkey

Dilek Haznedaroğlu

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Neonatal care and training services by the ministry of health in Turkey. Perinatoloji Dergisi 2002;10(3):120-121

Yazar Bilgileri

Dilek Haznedaroğlu

Ministry of Health Head of Child and Adolescent Health Ankara TR

Yazışma Adresi

Dilek Haznedaroğlu, Ministry of Health Head of Child and Adolescent Health Ankara TR,

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There are important problems regarding mother and child health in our country. The infant mortality rate which is an important health indicator is 33 per thousand (SIS 2001). As post neonatal deaths began to decrease due to immunization, oral rehydration therapy and promotion of breast feeding activities; neonatal deaths have emerged more. 63 percent of infant deaths are clue to neonatal deaths. Neonatal death rate is 25.8 per thousand, post neonatal death rate is 16.9 per thousand. 44.3 percent of neonatal deaths occur on the first day of life.

Using available information and strategies, different programs are being implemented to reduce the problems. Some of the programs regarding perinatal and neonatal health are:

• Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Programme
• Improvement of Family Health Project
• Promotion of Breast Feeding and Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Program
• Prevention of Genetic Diseases Program
• Prevention of Perinatal and Neonatal Deaths Program
• Neonatal resuscitation Program

As part of neonatal care, early initiating breast feeding has been widespread in our country. Asphyxia seems to be the most fundamental neonatal problem and neonatal resuscitation can be required in the health institutions without specific experience on this issue. Intervention to a baby with asphyxia in the first few minutes of life can have a lifelong effect.

Neonatal Resuscitation Program targets "everyone in the delivery room". The Neonatal Resuscitation Program context not only includes training activities, but also the improvement, of delivery room conditions in order to receive maximum benefit from the training.

134 (Neonatal Resuscitation) NR providers and 24 NR trainers training courses were held since 1998 when the national expansion of the program began, till the end of 2001. 40 NR providers, six NR trainers training courses were conducted in the first six months of 2002 (January-June).