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NEST360 is an alliance of 23 organizations working to end preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals.

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Newborn Essential Solutions & Technologies (NEST360) delivers life-saving care for vulnerable newborns in hospitals across Africa to end preventable newborn deaths by partnering with governments, educational institutions, professional societies, and national NGOs to ensure that transformative, high-quality care remains sustainable.

Every year, over 1 million newborns die in sub-Saharan Africa, which has the highest newborn mortality rate globally. Many of these deaths are preventable with high-quality hospital care. Although more women are delivering in health facilities, hospitals often lack the right technology, equipment, and trained staff to care for preterm and distressed newborns. Hospitals need suitable space, skilled staff, and effective equipment backed by data to drive quality improvement and investment to scale care coverage.

Working together, NEST360 can accelerate country newborn health targets, contributing to the achievement of SDG 3.2 to end preventable newborn deaths in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and beyond.

NEST360 uses a systems approach to transform care for vulnerable babies by; delivering a package of lifesaving technologies, establishing and maintaining an education ecosystem for healthcare professionals and biomedical engineers, and inspiring data-driven action to increase progress for quality newborn care.

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Transforming Medical Care for Babies in African Hospitals

NEST360 is celebrating World Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Day to bring awareness to the life-saving benefits of skin-skin care . This day shines a light on hope and unity, bringing together families, healthcare professionals, and communities dedicated to improving kangaroo care and the quality of life of everyone involved. Support NEST360 today and advance access to life-saving, quality care across Africa. Your gift, no matter the size makes a huge impact. $5 provides a new mother of a preterm baby with a wrap to enable skin-to-skin care (Kangaroo Mother Care) $10 provides a preterm baby with a day's worth of safe oxygen at a hospital with NEST360 $30 gives life saving care for a preterm baby during a 5 day hospital admission $100 funds a hospital team of clinical health workers and biomedical engineers to be trained on quality newborn care $200 provides enables saving medical devices for a newborn unit of a hospital with NEST360 Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) is an Africa-led alliance working to end preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals. NEST360 works with governments to: (1) install a package of life-saving medical devices, (2) educate physicians, nurses, and engineers to use/maintain them, and (3) use data dashboards at every hospital to empower teams to improve care and track progress towards evidence-based targets. *Funding estimates are based on real costs in four NEST360 countries and rounded.
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A Tiny Baby, A Simple Wrap, Big Impact

Today, every donation goes directly to providing a wrap for every mother, providing lifesaving care for our tiniest babies. With just $5, you can provide a mother with a lifesaving wrap that enables Kangaroo Mother Care, the skin-to-skin method proven to help preterm babies stay warm, grow stronger, and stay alive. This World Prematurity Day, we invite you to help us ensure that every NEST360 hospital receives at least one wrap per month, so no mother is left without one. A Tiny Baby, A Simple Wrap, A Lifeline You Can Give Today. Every year, one in ten babies is born too soon. For millions of parents in Africa, the joy of birth is replaced by fear as they watch their tiny newborns struggle to breathe, stay warm, and survive. And while every parent hopes their baby will survive, the reality is a silent crisis. Over 1.1 million African newborns die every year in sub-Saharan Africa. Most of these newborn deaths are preventable. NEST360 currently delivers life-saving care for vulnerable newborns in 96 hospitals across Africa to end preventable newborn deaths. We work in partnership with hospitals, governments, educational institutions, professional societies, and national NGOS to establish sustainable, transformative, high-quality hospital care for newborns. A small act of love can make a huge impact $5 = one wrap so a newborn can beheld close, kept warm, and be given a fighting chance $10 = support two new mothers receive a wrap and navigate their journey with a new premature baby $40 = all NEST360 hospitals in Ethiopia receive one wrap $80 = all NEST360 hospitals in Tanzania or Nigeria receive one wrap $90 = all NEST360 hospitals in Kenya receive one wrap $190 = all NEST360 hospitals in Malawi receive one wrap $480/month = one wrap in every NEST360 hospital across Africa
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  • Yaw Temeng
  • Alessandra Esposito
    To the fundraiser: Transforming Medical Care for Babies in African Hospitals