Newborn care in Vietnam and Indonesia

Global Child and Adolescent Health

In this episode, Dr Shiraz Badurdeen speaks with Professor Hoang Thi Tran, and Dr Made Sukmawati about the outcomes of newborns in their different settings and in-particular the positive impact of implementing kangaroo mother care for premature babies.

Dr Shiraz Badurdeen is a Consultant Neonatologist at the Mercy Hospital for Women and the inaugural Melbourne Children’s Global Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow. As an early-career researcher, he aims to make oxygen therapy safer and more effective for critically unwell newborns across diverse settings. Partnering with a diverse team of local and international collaborators, Shiraz is undertaking translational studies and developing novel technology to address outstanding challenges in the field of newborn oxygenation. Shiraz completed his medical training at Cambridge and neonatology training in Melbourne, Oxford, and London.

Associate Professor Hoang Thi Tran is Deputy Director at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children, and Head of the Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, the University of Da Nang, Vietnam.

Dr Made Sukmawati, SpA, is a Paediatrician and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Prof. Dr. IGNG Ngoerah General Hospital, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.