Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, commonly known as newborn jaundice, is a condition that affects up to 80 percent of newborns in the first week of life. Severe hyperbilirubinemia (bilirubin levels >20mg/dL) affects an estimated 1 million infants around the world annually. If…
Jaundice affects 60% of babies. Left untreated it can be life-threatening. But treatment has always been difficult to access in rural Peru. Source: The Guardian
Why the early identification of preterm babies is important Each year, 15 million babies are estimated to be born preterm (before 37 completed weeks gestation), with the vast majority born in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).2 Preterm birth complications are…
Dr. Anne “CC” Lee, a pediatrician in the Department of Newborn Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, had two of her own children born with severe jaundice that required phototherapy treatment and prolonged hospitalization. Jaundice is a…