{"id":7665,"date":"2016-11-17T13:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/news\/?p=7665"},"modified":"2016-12-06T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T18:10:36","slug":"dartmouth-researchers-win-quarter-million-prize-to-reduce-neonatal-mortality-in-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/news\/2016\/dartmouth-researchers-win-quarter-million-prize-to-reduce-neonatal-mortality-in-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Dartmouth Researchers Win Children’s Prize to Reduce Neonatal Mortality in Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two researchers at Dartmouth\u2019s Geisel School of Medicine, Peter F. Wright, MD and Alka Dev, DrPH with the Dartmouth-Haiti Partnership (DHP), were announced as winners of the Children\u2019s Prize Foundation<\/a>\u2019s (CPF) 4th annual Children\u2019s Prize. Under their leadership the $250,000 award will be used to build a model for the reduction of newborn mortality in Haiti. The 30-month project introduces a low-cost, highly effective neonatology service at H\u00f4pital Immacul\u00e9e Conception (HIC), the referral hospital for the country\u2019s southern region. In doing so, the project will provide critical support of life in acutely low resource settings.<\/p>\n

The Children's Prize is an annual competition launched globally to fund evidence-based child survival work. The winner will receive funding to carry out the plan they propose.<\/p>\n

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Geisel Aka Dev (left) and Peter Wright (right) were awarded the Children's Prize to to build a model for the reduction of newborn mortality in Haiti.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was a most pleasant surprise to learn that we had been selected the recipient of the 2016 Children\u2019s Prize,\u201d says Wright, a professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine and staff physician at the Children\u2019s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. \u201cWe are now equipped with funds that will allow us to roll up our sleeves and work with Haitian colleagues on the lofty but still achievable task ahead. A task that we firmly believe can change the outcomes of so many young lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serving as a referral hospital for approximately 775,000 people in a rural area, HIC currently has no capacity for neonatal resuscitation or ongoing respiratory support. HIC needs a neonatal team trained to distinguish and identify stillbirths from newborns requiring resuscitation at birth. The winning plan proposes to: 1) introduce neonatal resuscitation; 2) establish a new neonatal service with capacity for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP); and 3) train key health staff in neonatology care, creating the opportunity to save more lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cHIC receives a lot of pregnant women who are experiencing birth complications,\u201d says Dev, a research associate working with Dr. Wright. \u201cUnfortunately delivering at the hospital does not ensure the survival of a newborn, even though the mother may survive. Premature babies can be relatively healthy but die from something manageable like neonatal respiratory distress. This project will allow us to provide training and equipment that are essential for saving the lives of these newborns.\u201d<\/p>\n

CPF Founder Ted Caplow remarked, \u201cDr. Wright's proposal aligns succinctly with the mission of the Children's Prize. It is straightforward, scientific and efficient. Founding a neonatal care unit in a significantly low resource setting will require skilled practitioners armed with a robust and streamlined equipment package to ensure the prize investment is maximized. This proposal includes adding a full-time physician to the hospital community to focus on neonatal care, and we believe the impact will be both substantial and direct, especially in a country with so few doctors and limited access to adequate health facilities.\"<\/p>\n

At the center of the winning project is Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, which puts forth the target\u00a0to reduce neonatal mortality to 12 per 1,000 live births by 2030. In 2013, there were 6,713 neonatal deaths in Haiti, and nearly 65 percent were related to respiratory distress.<\/p>\n

\u201cAchieving SDG 3 for neonatal mortality in Haiti will be challenging and require capacity across the health system,\u201d noted Wright. \u201cBy positioning this project at HIC, we will better understand what resources, training and practices are necessary to lower neonatal mortality throughout Haiti.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Children\u2019s Prize annual competition will welcome applications again in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Children\u2019s Prize Foundation<\/strong> (CPF) thinks like an engineer, placing its strongest emphasis on efficiency and scientific accuracy. The foundation\u00a0empowers and unites\u00a0the drive of human competition with the hyper-connectivity of the information age by administering a global, annual contest, the Children\u2019s Prize.\u00a0This initiative invests in\u00a0proven child survival work. As a novel philanthropic approach, we insist on\u00a0a\u00a0direct link to lives saved for all children under five years of age. The Children\u2019s Prize Winners enter into a collaborative relationship with the CPF to execute their vision. Founded\u00a0in 2013\u00a0by Dr. Ted Caplow, the portfolio of projects includes investments in Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Uganda, Angola, Sierra Leone and Haiti. For more information, please visit\u00a0www.childrensprize.org.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth<\/strong>, founded in 1797, strives to improve the\u00a0lives of the communities it serves through excellence in learning, discovery,\u00a0and healing. The Geisel School of Medicine is renowned for its leadership\u00a0in\u00a0medical education, healthcare policy and delivery science, biomedical\u00a0research, global health, and in creating innovations that improve lives\u00a0worldwide.<\/p>\n

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