Date : 2017 Tuesday 18 Apr
Code 134

Prof. Nikk Conneman Held the 4th Round of NIDCAP Training Course at Al-Zahra Teaching Hospital

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In Association with UNICEF and NIDCAP Federation International (NFI), Prof. Nikk Conneman, neonatologist and senior trainer of Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) held the 4th round of training course at Al-Zahra teaching hospital. The course was held on 6-9 April, 2017 and included both theoretical parts and bed observation .This program is part of a series of Prof. Conneman's Tabriz mission which started three years ago in order to improve NIDCAP services and newborn care quality.
Dr. Mohammad Bagher Hosseini, neonatologist and associate professor of TUOMS who is one of the trainees in this program mentioned that all the 4 trainees of Al-Zahra hospital successfully passed the course and they will receive the certificate from NFI. He also expressed that 13 percent of the newborns in world and Iran are preterm and NIDCAP services are essential for these babies.