Preventing Infant Mortality One “Sleeping Bag” at a Time

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Here at GE Healthcare we are committed to our initiative of “healthymagination”. This is why we have teamed up with Embrace to distribute a cost-effective infant warmer to combat infant mortality around the globe. Premature babies need the comfort and support of the warmer to help survive because they don't have the body fat to regulate temperatures on their own. Embrace's product looks like a sleeping bag, but it also contains two other components: a warmer that wraps around the baby and a sealed pouch of heated wax that is placed in a designated compartment. These infant warmers can keep babies warm for hours and cost less than $200.

This product is one solution to a worldwide problem. For decades we have been stuck having to choose between improving access to quality care and lowering healthcare costs. Now at GE Healthcare, we are working to find more solutions like the infant warmer. Healthymagination is all about combining low cost with effectiveness in the form of technological healthcare advancements and distributing these products across the globe. Thanks to our partnership with Embrace, we are able to make this goal a reality.

Source Link: http://newsroom.gehealthcare.com/ge-healthcare-and-embrace-team-up-to-help-address-infant-mortality/