The Incubator Global Neonatal Podcast
The Global Neonatal Podcast, hosted by Mbozu Sipalo, and Shelley Ann Williams, is a conversational podcast focused on neonatal care in low- and middle-income countries. Each episode features in-depth discussions with physicians, nurses, and providers working in diverse global settings, exploring how neonatology is practiced within low and middle income countries. The podcast highlights both the opportunities and the challenges faced in these environments, including resource limitations, system-level constraints, innovation, and resilience. By centering on global perspectives and lived clinical experience, this series fosters cross-border learning and offers insights relevant to neonatal care worldwide.
The Incubator Global Neonatal Podcast
#008 - Closing the Gap: Improving access to human milk in LMICs (ft Dr. Emily Njuguna and Kimberly Mansen)
In this episode of the Global Neonatal Podcast, the hosts interview Dr. Emily Njuguna and Kimberly Mansen MSPH RDN from PATH to discuss the importance of human milk in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and the strategies used to support lactation. The guests highlight the challenges faced by mothers in LMICs and emphasize the importance of early lactation support for mothers of the most vulnerable newborns. Emily and Kimberly discuss the three-pronged approach of kangaroo mother care, lactation support, and human milk banks in providing human milk for babies in LMICs. They also shared examples of successful initiatives, such as the establishment of a human milk bank in Kenya, and discussed plans for scaling up these programs in other countries.