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Bebi Kol Kilok — Final Evaluation Report: CDC/UNICEF Neonatal Hypothermia Prevention Programme, Papua New Guinea
Year
2019
Location
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
Investigators
Matthew Goers, Erin Hulland, Steven Russell, Kyoko Shimamoto, Endang W. Handzel
Institutions
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · UNICEF EAPRO · UNICEF Papua New Guinea
Background & Methods
The final evaluation report of the Bebi Kol Kilok ('cold baby alarm') neonatal hypothermia prevention programme co-run by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and UNICEF Papua New Guinea. The evaluation assessed the effectiveness, acceptability, and scalability of the TempWatch-based intervention across participating health facilities in Papua New Guinea.
Key Results
- 1The Bebi Kol Kilok programme successfully deployed TempWatch across health facilities in Papua New Guinea.
- 2Healthcare workers reported high acceptance of the device and found it useful for training parents in recognizing and responding to hypothermia.
- 3The programme demonstrated that community health workers and nurses could be trained to use and maintain the devices effectively.
- 4The evaluation provided recommendations for sustainable scale-up within PNG's national health system.
Why This Matters
This CDC/UNICEF evaluation is the most rigorous external assessment of the TempWatch public health deployment model, providing implementation guidance that informed subsequent deployments in 14 additional UNICEF country offices globally.
How to Cite
Goers M, Hulland E, Russell S, Shimamoto K, Handzel EW. Final Kol Kilok Evaluation Report — Neonatal Hypothermia Prevention Programme. CDC & UNICEF Papua New Guinea. 2019.
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