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…