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...UNICEF India's Chief of Health, Henri van den Hombergh, points out that local women's groups should not be taken as a substitute for institutions where professional care is available to sick newborns. But, he says, "peer influencing" of the type that goes on at these meetings - relating to commonsensical practices, like hand washing and good hygiene - certainly helps. "The neonate is too cold because the baby isn't wrapped well; the baby isn't getting enough breast milk; the baby is showing signs of infection. These three simple things are the underlying causes of the majority...
...advantage of its female Accredited Social Health Activists, or ASHAs. These frontline workers, trained in neonatal care, have already been stationed throughout rural India. Incorporating them as facilitators into the Ekjut Trial, says the Institute, would give them a more focused role in village communities. UNICEF's van den Hombergh calls the ASHAs the key to "cooperation between the women's groups and the government." He adds: "They will keep things localized and realistic...
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