For Mamas is dedicated to providing newborn resuscitation training through WHO Essential Newborn Care 1 Course that previously was Helping Babies Breathe. We offer newborn resuscitation training to midwives and other health care professionals. We supply all public delivery centers in Unguja, Pemba and Tumbatu islands in Zanzibar with newborn resuscitation supplies. We have also instituted mechanisms to support sustainability through close partnership with the Zanzibar Ministry of Health, on-job training, development of a clinical nurse educator role and supportive supervision.

Our work started in 2015, by delivering newborn resuscitation training in the rural north of Unguja, Zanzibar. Then our work expanded to the two largest delivery centers on Unguja. Now our work has expanded to encompass all public delivery centers in Unguja, Pemba and Tumbatu Islands. Check out the following articles detailing some of this work.

Over the past 2 years

• 76 midwives were trained on newborn resuscitation from 15 delivery centers on Unguja, Zanzibar (2023)

• 15 delivery centers on Unguja were supplied with newborn resuscitation supplies (2023)

• Refresher trainings were hosted for those trained (2023, 2024)

• 9 master trainers on Pemba, Zanzibar were trained on newborn resuscitation and led trainings and refresher trainings (2024)

• 71 midwives were trained on newborn resuscitation from 26 delivery centers on Pemba, Zanzibar (2024)

• 26 delivery centers on Pemba were supplied with newborn resuscitation supplies (2024)

• 6 midwives/clinical staff members on Tumbatu Island were trained on newborn resuscitation (2024)

• The 2 clinics on Tumbatu Island were supplied with newborn resuscitation supplies (2024)

• Launched the Clinical Nurse Educator role with our first 10 Clinical Nurse Educators on Unguja island. Clinical Nurse Educators were equipped to provide on-job refresher training, on-job training for new staff, provide supportive supervision and collect data to inform practice (2024)

Goals

• Provide ongoing newborn resuscitation training on Unguja, Pemba and Tumbatu Islands in Zanzibar.

• Provide ongoing newborn resuscitation supply distribution in all public delivery centers on Unguja, Pemba and Tumbatu Islands in Zanzibar.

• Focus on locally led sustainable approaches to provide both newborn resuscitation training and supplies.