LINC, in partnership with the Provincial Clinical Specialist Team (PCST) and District Clinical Specialist Team (DCST) obstetricians, has been hard at work supporting the Maternal Health Programme, in an effort to devise strategies to improve antenatal care and intrapartum care in the province. LINC members, together with the Provincial Maternal Health Manager, are enthusiastic Doulas-in-training and eager…
Thriving Premies On 17th November 2016 the Limpopo Initiative for Newborn Care (LINC) team joined Siloam Hospital in the Vhembe District of Limpopo, to celebrate their beautifully thriving premature babies. In attendance were nurses and doctors from the maternity and neonatal units, as well as allied staff that are responsible for the development of premature…
Walk the talk In the words of one of our greatest leaders “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead” – Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela International Day…
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LINC is proud to be partnering with the Limpopo College of Nursing as it endeavours to reduce neonatal deaths in the province. The LINC neonatal nurse facilitator trained midwifery nurse lecturers from the College’s campuses (Giyani, Sovenga, Thohoyandou, Sekhukhune and Waterberg) as well as their affiliate nursing schools on the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) methodology. The nurse…
LINC, through funding from ELMA Philanthropies, convened a five-day workshop on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for a vibrant group of therapists and paediatricians from various hospitals in Limpopo in February 2016. Waterberg District hosted the first district-based one-day ASD orientation workshop, based on the Fishbowl approach, on the 21st September 2016. The workshop was organised…
Introducing Pumani bubble CPAP to the Mopani team The Limpopo Initiative for Newborn Care (LINC) has received a donation of 8 Pumani bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines for use in hospitals in Limpopo Province. This donation has come from the Friends of Sick Children, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, who have donated…
LINC at it again In the words of one of our greatest leaders “Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all”…
Celebrating milestones of premature babies! On 3rd June 2015 Seshego Hospital, one of the District Hospitals in Capricorn District of Limpopo, pulled all stops in celebrating the development of their premature babies born since 2013, as part of commemorating World Children’s Day. The event was one of jubilation, acknowledgement of successes in newborn care, and instilling…
Supporting parents of children living with autism. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a genetic condition which leads to abnormal brain development and function. There is a wealth of research undertaken to establish the cause of autism, but as yet there are no definite answers. There is agreement, however, that autism is no-one’s fault. It is NOT a…