Retention and use of newborn resuscitation skills following a series of helping babies breathe trainings for midwives in rural Ghana

• Main Authors: Darren Eblovi (Author), Patricia Kelly (Author), Georgina Afua (Author), Sarah Agyapong (Author), Siddhartha Dante (Author), Matthew Pellerite (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: The Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) program teaches basic newborn resuscitation techniques to birth attendants in low-resource settings. Previous studies have demonstrated a decrease in mortality following training, mostly in large hospitals. However, low-volume clinics in rural regions wit...