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Well, when we traveled to Sudan, one of the people that we brought with us was the daughter of one of the nurse practitioners. And when we did our training, she interviewed the village midwives. We had village midwives from all over Sudan. And she made a really good description of the empowerment of these women. You could see that they were hungry for knowledge. You could see the way they were training each other. You could see--most of these women were illiterate as well, and you could see that they were able to take Helping Babies Breathe. You know, it wasn't the theoretical knowledge. It was the ability to be able to practice. And I could see that they were learning with their minds, their hearts, and their hands. In their minds, they were learning the simple lesson that if a baby doesn't breathe in the first minute of life, it will die. And they were learning, "We can change that." So Helping Babies Breathe is powerful because it goes to mainly women, midwives, who give access to women in very remote areas. And the access is that there will be somebody there to help save your baby's life if they can't breathe--that will help your baby to breathe if your baby doesn't breathe in the first minute. And so I saw extremely powerful changes happening during that visit.

Tony Ryan—HBB Conference Testimonial

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Tony Ryan, neonatologist for Cork University Maternity Hospital, talks about the Helping Babies Breathe program.
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