Dataset Program in Evaluation of HELPING BABIES BREATHE in Belgaum, Kenya and Nagpur: Does Implementation of HELPING BABIES BREATHE Save Lives?

HBB Data in the CSV software format.
Study Description
Neonatal deaths now account for over 40% of the under 5 years old deaths. The primary objective of the HBB study was to evaluate the impact of implementing an integrated package of neonatal resuscitation training and equipment among health facility birth attendants in three Global Network sites: Belgaum (India), Eldoret (Kenya), and Nagpur (India). The primary hypothesis evaluated that HBB training materials resulted in a 20% reduction in the observed rate of overall perinatal mortality among births of ≥1500g, pre- versus post-implementation in the participating clusters served by these facilities. The total cohort of 835 active Birth Attendees (BAs) trained and retrained in the HBB curriculum in 71 facilities in India and Kenya showed the lack of resuscitation training was evident by a large initial knowledge-skills gap among the BAs: at the initial HBB training, 74% of BAs passed the pre-training knowledge assessment but only 5% were able to demonstrate effective ventilation of the neonatal mannequin. All pregnant women who lived in the study designated geographical area and the infants from the women's pregnancies.