Book Description
The WHO technical specifications for neonatal resuscitation devices were developed based on existing international standards evidence-based publications from reliable sources and field expert experience. For equipment without prior technical specifications recommendations were made based on a literature research depending on quality and significance of evidence. The purpose of WHO technical specifications for Neonatal resuscitation devices: is to provide a minimum standard baseline to meet the increasing demand to procure good quality affordable accessible and appropriate neonatal resuscitation devices. The specifications are intended to support policy-makers managers procurement officers manufacturers regulators and nongovernmental agencies especially in low- and middle-income countries to select procure use reprocess and decommission appropriate neonatal resuscitation equipment. The end goal is to save the children particularly in low-resource settings.
