HBB is an extension of a decade of work with the Neonatal Resuscitation Program to address birth asphyxia, including a partnership in China that saved more than 90,000 babies in the first five years and cut birth asphyxia deaths by half in 360 hospitals. 
 

Recent worldwide data show that about one million babies die each year from birth asphyxia, the inability to breathe at birth. Birth asphyxia also contributes to developmental disabilities and health problems into adulthood.

Newborn resuscitation is an available cost-effective, evidence-based, feasible intervention to address birth asphyxia. In collaboration with partners in more than 12 countries, including government organizations, nongovernment organizations, academia and multinationals, Johnson & Johnson is working in unique and innovative ways to provide skill-based neonatal resuscitation training in places ranging from hospitals in large cities of China to clinics in remote villages of Malawi.

In a number of developing countries, including Uganda, Malawi and Kenya, where infant mortality from birth asphyxia is still very high, Johnson & Johnson has invested in Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), a global public-private partnership, led by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Save the Children. HBB trains health care workers in low-resources settings and is committed to increase the availability of skilled birth attendants at every birth. Nurses and midwives with HBB training have the skills to save over 90% of babies with birth asphyxia.

HBB is an extension of a decade of work with the Neonatal Resuscitation Program to address birth asphyxia, including a partnership in China that saved more than 90,000 babies in the first five years and cut birth asphyxia deaths by half in 360 hospitals.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to continue to focus on providing hands-on training to local hospitals and clinics over the next three years to reduce mortality in situations where basic training can save a life. To date, our programs address birth asphyxia in more than 12 countries including China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa.

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