{"id":1094,"date":"2024-10-04T17:28:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-champs-new.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=case_study&#038;p=1094"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:28:31","slug":"champs-collaborates-with-local-moh-to-reduce-neonatal-mortality-by-promoting-kangaroo-mother-care-kmc-and-enhancing-emergency-obstetric-care-emoc-in-siaya-western-kenya","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/case_study\/champs-collaborates-with-local-moh-to-reduce-neonatal-mortality-by-promoting-kangaroo-mother-care-kmc-and-enhancing-emergency-obstetric-care-emoc-in-siaya-western-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAMPS collaborates with local MoH to reduce neonatal mortality by promoting Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and Enhancing Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) in Siaya, Western Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light page-header-standard\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#a1816a\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2466\" height=\"1096\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1098\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live-champs-new.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_743540116-scaled-e1722366407108-1.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_743540116-scaled-e1722366407108-1.jpg 2466w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_743540116-scaled-e1722366407108-1-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_743540116-scaled-e1722366407108-1-1024x455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_743540116-scaled-e1722366407108-1-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_743540116-scaled-e1722366407108-1-1536x683.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/shutterstock_743540116-scaled-e1722366407108-1-2048x910.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2466px) 100vw, 2466px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">CHAMPS RESOURCES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading text-center\">CHAMPS Case Studies<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"publication-meta\"> \n\n<p class=\"publication-date\"> August 1, 2024 <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"publication-share\">\n\n<span class=\"share\">Share: <\/span> <ul> \n\n<li class=\"publication-share-facebook\"> <a href=\"\"> <i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"> <\/i> <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"publication-share-facebook\"> <a href=\"\"> <i class=\"fa-brands fa-x-twitter\"><\/i> <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"publication-share-instagran\"> <a href=\"\"> <i class=\"fa-brands fa-instagram\"><\/i> <\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <p class=\"publication-title\">CHAMPS collaborates with local MoH to reduce neonatal mortality by promoting Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and Enhancing Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) in Siaya, Western Kenya <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group content-white\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left w-65 margin-auto\">UNICEF\u2019s target for neonatal mortality rate (NMR) is 12 per 1000 live births [1], however, in Kenya the neonatal mortality rate has remained significantly high at 21 deaths per 1,000 live births [2].&nbsp;The Child&nbsp;&nbsp;Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) identified key causes of neonatal deaths related&nbsp;to complications of intrapartum events, complications of prematurity, infections and respiratory disorders&nbsp;with recommendations for preventability most often including improved clinical management and quality&nbsp;of care for neonates (49%), improved antenatal and obstetric care and management (49%) and improved&nbsp;infection prevention and control (27%) [3] . These findings necessitated a collaborative effort between&nbsp;the Siaya County Department and CHAMPS Kenya to implement targeted interventions and reduce&nbsp;neonatal deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"w-65 margin-auto\">The implementation was pegged to three main strategies based on CHAMPS findings: (1) Kangaroo mother care (KMC), which promoted skin-to-skin contact between mothers and preterm or low birth weight infants to regulate temperature, enhance breastfeeding and improve survival rates; (2) Enhanced emergency obstetric care (EmOC), which involved training healthcare workers (HCWs) to manage obstetric emergencies more effectively, ensuring timely and adequate care for mothers and newborns;&nbsp;and (3) Training on emergency triage, assessment, and treatment (ETAT), which provided HCWs with&nbsp;specialized training to improve the initial assessment and treatment of emergency cases, enhancing the&nbsp;overall quality of neonatal care. Additionally, health providers from maternity and newborn units&nbsp;developed work improvement teams, identified specific quality of care (QoC) gaps, and action plans for addressing those gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left w-65 margin-auto\">The outcomes were a reduction in neonatal deaths, with infants receiving KMC showing improved survival&nbsp;rates; enhanced HCWs skills through EmOC and ETAT training, leading to better neonatal outcomes; and&nbsp;increased awareness and acceptance of KMC and the importance of timely obstetric and neonatal care by&nbsp;the mothers. These simple but effective interventions have the potential for scale-up in similar settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"case-study-download\"> \n\n\t<p>Click below to read the full Case Study<\/p>\n\n<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"case-study-dl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Reducing-Neonatal-Mortality-by-promoting-KMC_VFinal-July-2024-2.pdf\">\n    <i class=\"fa fa-download\"> <\/i> Download Case Study\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF\u2019s target for neonatal mortality rate (NMR) is 12 per 1000 live births [1], however, in Kenya the neonatal mortality rate has remained significantly high at 21 deaths per 1,000 live births [2].&nbsp;The Child&nbsp;&nbsp;Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) identified key causes of neonatal deaths related&nbsp;to complications of intrapartum events, complications of prematurity, infections and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/case_study\/champs-collaborates-with-local-moh-to-reduce-neonatal-mortality-by-promoting-kangaroo-mother-care-kmc-and-enhancing-emergency-obstetric-care-emoc-in-siaya-western-kenya\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from CHAMPS collaborates with local MoH to reduce neonatal mortality by promoting Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) and Enhancing Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) in Siaya, Western Kenya<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1096,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"case_study_category":[2],"class_list":["post-1094","case_study","type-case_study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","case_study_category-front-page-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study\/1094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case_study"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study\/1094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study\/1094\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094"},{"taxonomy":"case_study_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/champshealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_study_category?post=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}