People Behind Newborn Health
Pregnancy Complications
Infant- and Family-Centered Developmental Care
Respiratory Infections
Neonatal Eye Health
Hygiene
Rare Diseases
Caroline Lee-Davey from Bliss, a UK charity supporting babies born preterm or sick and their families, emphasizes the importance of learning from others and ensuring that parents’ experiences help shape improvements in newborn care.
As part of Faces of GFCNI, Caroline reflects on how international collaboration can inspire progress and why combining scientific evidence with the perspectives of families is essential when advocating for better neonatal care.
Caroline explains how sharing evidence, best practices, and experiences across countries helps organizations learn from one another. She also highlights how successes and breakthroughs elsewhere can provide encouragement and inspire further progress for preterm and sick babies.
Caroline emphasizes the need to combine scientific evidence with parents’ experiences when advocating for better neonatal care. She explains how hearing directly from families can help decision-makers understand the profound impact of neonatal hospitalization and separation on babies and their parents.
Discover other members of our global network and learn about their experiences and perspectives on improving newborn health around the world.
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