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CARE COMPANION PROGRAM – KARNATAKA

India accounts for over 27% of new-born deaths globally, with 750,000 deaths
annually, more than any other country in the world. In 2013, the Indian government
committed to scaling interventions that would reduce neonatal mortality to single
digits by 2030. Currently, the neonatal mortality rate stands at 29. It is estimated
that 50% of new-born deaths could be prevented by the implementation of
educational interventions.
The National Health Mission(NHM) committed to improving the health status and
welfare of Karnataka’s citizens by increasing the awareness of its people and
building capacity of its health workers. NHM is working towards decreasing the
burden of readmissions, post discharge complications and increasing hospital
hygiene, productivity of nurses, and patient satisfaction in the Public Healthcare
Institutes in Karnataka.
In this regard, NHM has entered into an MoU, with Noora Health India Trust, a
healthcare non-profit organization dedicated to patient and caregiver education
that works to improve patient outcomes through better family engagement.
The Care Companion Program trains mothers and their families with high-impact
health skills to take care of the new-born and postpartum mother, specifically, baby
hygiene, thermal care, breastfeeding, and maternal nutrition. This innovative
program turns hospital hallways and wards into classrooms and taps into the most
compassionate and willing resource available for care i.e. the patient’s own family.
The Care Companion Program framework starts with knowledge, confidence, and
skills transfer in the facility, sustained behaviours after discharge, which leads to
improved health outcomes and quality of life for communities. Nurses and other
patient facing personnel from all the public health facilities are trained on how to
engage and teach patients and caregivers.

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