As of August 2011, BOL In Vietnam, BOL distributed 150 neonatal machines to 62 hospitals. More than 90 medical staff received training in basic newborn care. In Cambodia, the program delivered 44 neonatal machines to 6 hospitals and 56 medical staff received training in basic newborn care. (The machines are CPAP, Bililight and warmer)
2011: 45,000 infants benefiting from the full suite of Breath of Life technologies across 7 countries.
At a fraction of the cost of Western models (1300 USD), this warmer is used for infant resuscitation and the protection from hypothermia. It works in very rough conditions including unstable electric supply and substandard maintenance and technical assistance. The warmer has a “safe mode capability”: if warming sensors fall off the infant during treatment, the software automatically switches the power into a “safe mode.” 250 warmers are in use treating 20,000 newborns each year.
