{"id":6548,"date":"2023-10-28T22:42:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T22:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/a-nonprofit-is-racing-to-get-its-portable-baby-incubators-into-israel-and-gaza-as-crisis-deepens\/"},"modified":"2023-10-28T22:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T22:42:21","slug":"a-nonprofit-is-racing-to-get-its-portable-baby-incubators-into-israel-and-gaza-as-crisis-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=6548","title":{"rendered":"A nonprofit is racing to get its portable baby incubators into Israel and Gaza as crisis deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_31D8D10D-99CA-EBFB-4EB5-43FFB2CB7180@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Jane Chen is racing against the clock, again. She knows well how every minute that passes is crucial for a new life that emerges prematurely into the world in the most vulnerable of circumstances \u2014 in the midst of war, in the aftermath of a natural disaster or in a remote village far away from a medical center.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_D40A1E6D-3255-BB3A-8D44-4415000D889C@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Acutely aware of the deepening crisis between Israel and Gaza, Chen is mobilizing her team at Embrace Global, a nonprofit she co-founded to help save babies\u2019 lives, in a way that\u2019s become second nature to her.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_27D2E832-C91E-7CCF-1E0E-5E5530D4D080@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Embrace, based in San Francisco, California, makes low-cost portable baby incubators that don\u2019t require a stable electricity supply.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_6581B431-6F4B-BD52-658F-5E687DA90F0F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The Embrace incubator resembles a sleeping bag, but for a baby. It\u2019s a three-part system consisting of an infant sleeping bag, a removable and reusable pouch filled with a wax-like<strong> <\/strong>phase-change material which maintains a constant temperature of 98 degrees F for up to eight hours at a stretch when heated, and a heater to reheat the pouch when it cools.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-60f7ce4d1034e18664dd923276611eab@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"02 Embrace Global baby incubators\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-re data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6742976066597295\" data-original-height=\"1296\" data-original-width=\"1922\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231024152158-02-embrace-global-baby-incubators.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1296\" width=\"1922\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1296\" width=\"1922\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1296\" width=\"1922\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1296\" width=\"1922\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_C152061E-03DF-8A52-18CE-5E66D69B1FDF@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Chen said the pouch requires just a 30-minute charge to be fully ready for reuse. \u201cThis is really ideal for settings that have intermittent access to electricity, which is a lot of places where we work in the world,\u201d she said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_DE4A6F56-929B-6EF1-0426-5E7902DAD49C@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), an estimated 50,000 pregnant women currently reside in Gaza, 5,500 of whom are due to give birth in the coming month.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_6FD89196-0D02-3E9B-E67F-5E7BCD5699C4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The stats are startling to Chen, who is bracing for a swell of need there. She\u2019s learned how access to incubators becomes critical in conflict areas through the organization\u2019s efforts to donate 3,000 Embrace incubators with the help of UNICEF to doctors and hospitals in Ukraine where a war with Russia rages on. The nonprofit also sent the devices to Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquakes there earlier this year.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_AB9FE8C4-64A2-C2BE-91ED-5F7426B5EABA@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Medical experts point to elevated stress as a potentially serious factor that could trigger preterm deliveries in these situations.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_D6B965BA-8C51-9C3E-8E05-5F76502FDD43@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cThere\u2019s been plenty of data that show stress not only causes preterm birth but also low-birth-weight,\u201d said Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell, an obstetrician-gynecologist and associate professor with Ochsner Health in New Orleans, Louisiana\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_41E843A6-75E4-2393-5820-5ED6D1A4EF53@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      In general, babies born preterm or before 37 weeks, have difficulty maintaining their body temperature, said Bell. \u201cSpecifically, if we are speaking of disasters\u2026. in my own experience of being here during [Hurricane] Katrina, in those very stressful situations, we have seen an uptick during those times in preterm birth and low birth weight,\u201d she said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2B00D078-2E27-CE2C-291E-5EE850F9BA9F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Because preterm and low-birth-weight babies don\u2019t have as much body fat, it\u2019s harder for them to maintain their body temperature, which for a healthy baby is between 96.8 and 99.5 degrees F, she said. \u201cThe lower it is below that, the more oxygen and energy they need to stay warm. So they would have use even more energy.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_A55C9D31-CACB-75E9-7D32-5F7C8EC8BC46@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      In both cases of preterm and low-birth-weight infants, quick and constant access to an incubator is vital.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_A1ED1034-FA90-1BF6-FE20-5EEA622BB291@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      In Ukraine, Chen said doctors have indicated that preterm births are on the rise across the country at the same time that intermittent power outages have made the use of conventional incubators very challenging. Several doctors and nurses, she said, also must consistently take babies and mothers to basement shelters as bombings continue.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_D5F21FFF-2BF5-0C02-49AA-62357B53570A@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Dr. Halyna Masiura, a general practitioner, is experiencing this first hand at the Berezivka Primary Healthcare Center in the Odesa region of Ukraine.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-20c804dde24ba80a4a2432d72e2fe16f@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"05 Embrace Global baby incubators\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-re data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1182\" data-original-width=\"1773\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025111518-05-embrace-global-baby-incubators.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1182\" width=\"1773\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1182\" width=\"1773\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1182\" width=\"1773\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1182\" width=\"1773\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231025111518-05-embrace-global-baby-incubators.jpg\" alt=\"Embrace Global donated its incubators to hospitals in Ukraine through its partner Project HOPE, including to the Sumy Regional Perinatal center in Northeastern Ukraine in 2022. Seen here is a nurse at Sumy Perinatal center secures an infant into an Embrace incubator.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1182\" width=\"1773\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_03781B5E-F6FA-C222-A0F5-625623B108D5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cHalf of the babies being born in this area need more care,\u201d Masiura told CNN. \u201cThey are being born early and with low birth weight. When air raids happen, we all have to go into shelters.\u201d Masiura said her staff members have been relying on donated Embrace incubators for babies born with a birth weight of 2 kg (4 lbs) and up.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F3A8262A-3E22-E4E3-D1CE-5EE711AEB0A5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      In the Palestinian exclave of Gaza, Israel has instructed more than half of the more than 2 million residents in the north to evacuate to the southern region ahead of an anticipated ground operation in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in response to Hamas\u2019 deadly October 7 attack on Israel.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_797FA716-28C5-E2BC-0338-5F81DABB368A@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      That attack killed more than 1,400 people.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_3CC03EE5-9F98-F7C8-1BF9-5F82ECC213CD@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      In Gaza, where half of the overall population are children, access to medical aid, food, water, fuel, electricity and other normal daily necessities of life have evaporated in recent days amid sustained Israeli bombardment.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_875F9960-B983-12FA-9AC9-5F88D9C3121C@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Over the weekend, after days of a complete siege of the exclave by Israel, the first trucks reported to be carrying medicine and medical supplies, food and water entered Gaza on Saturday.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-fa581522b932f180fb15311dadaff91d@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Gaza rubbles 1017\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-re data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231024164402-gaza-rubbles-1017.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231024164402-gaza-rubbles-1017.jpg\" alt=\"Palestinians search under the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli strikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 17, 2023. \" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_04206C44-78E4-2481-9D3A-5F8509522BA6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      For Chen, the most pressing problem is to figure out how to get the incubators to where they are most needed on the ground there. \u201cAs we did for Ukraine, we\u2019re looking for partnerships with organizations that can get into the region effectively and also for funding,\u201d she said. As a nonprofit, Chen said donations are sought through GoFundMe and a mix of individual donors, foundations and corporate donations.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_1C7849C0-379F-1CEA-F812-61C226395210@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Her team is working on a partnership with a humanitarian relief organization to respond in Gaza. \u201cWe\u2019re also reaching out to organizations in Israel to assess the need for our incubators there,\u201d she added.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_1F475694-56C9-2C67-53E2-5EF555E2D821@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      A couple of hundred incubators are ready to immediately be sent to Israel and Gaza. Said Chen, \u201cDepending on the need, we would go into production for more. But the big question is, can we get into those areas? We don\u2019t want to ship products and then have them sit there.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_169E205D-3E6D-A28C-7953-5E4F3D45CF3B@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Linus Liang, along with Chen, was among the original team of graduate students at Stanford University who, as part of a class assignment in 2007, were given a challenge to develop a low-cost infant incubator for use in developing countries.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2E847323-DCCC-DBD9-9CB2-61D79E0AA24D@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Liang, a software engineer who had already created and sold two gaming companies by then, was intrigued. \u201cThis class deliberately brought together people from different disciplines \u2013 law, business, medical school, engineers \u2013 to collaborate to solve world problems,\u201d he said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9128006B-2FBA-169D-8120-64655A3E53AA@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cOur challenge was that about 20 million premature and low-birth-weight babies are born globally every year,\u201d he said. \u201cMany of them don\u2019t survive, or if they do, they live with terrible health conditions.\u201d<strong> <\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-8160b53e43605d7a0182fc4d761083a7@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"03 Embrace Global baby incubators\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-re data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025092521-03-embrace-global-baby-incubators.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231025092521-03-embrace-global-baby-incubators.jpg\" alt=\"Embrace Global founder Jane Chen at SVYM hospital in Karnataka, India, in 2013.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_8B48517B-AB28-A09D-175A-61DF5BDB1136@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The reasons why came down to factors such as a shortage of expensive conventional incubators or families living far away from medical centers to access quickly for their newborns.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_603E461E-F9AC-9EAF-CD1D-61E1B91833CD@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      The team formed their company in 2008 and then took a few years to engineer and produce the solution, with Liang and Chen both moving to India for a few years to get it off the ground and market test it there. Chen said the incubators, made in India, underwent rigorous testing and are CE certified, a regulatory standard that a device must meet to be approved for use in the European market and in Asia and Africa.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_7653DAD5-DFA7-8481-E0F7-61E93377B713@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cWe chose that route instead of seeking FDA approval because the need really is outside of the US,\u201d said Liang. The cost per incubator is about $500, including cost of the product, training, distribution, shipping, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, said Chen. That compares to as much as $30,000 or more per conventional incubators, she said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_E2B7188D-EB50-86DD-6360-61E6318DB6B0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Chen estimates some 15,000 babies benefited from Embrace incubators in 2022.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_920C01E4-ADD0-6ACF-2517-440B2CDD2054@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Dr. Leah Seaman has been using Embrace incubators for three years in Zambia. Seaman is a doctor working in pediatrics for the last 12 years, including six years focusing on neonatal care at the Kapiri Mposhi District Hospital in the Central Province of Zambia.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_2FC3F119-4944-F44E-3708-6214C4C46601@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Seaman has also been busy setting up a new specialized neonatal ward in the rural district hospital. \u201cWhen I first came to Zambia, we had one old incubator that would draw a lot of power,\u201d she said. \u201cWe often struggle with power cuts here, so even the voltage can be too low for the incubator to function well. Having enough space to set up conventional incubator was an issue as well.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_B5311053-FECA-79C7-8418-62189623C069@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      So she reached out to Chen in late 2020 after researching solutions that would work for the specific conditions in Zambia.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-75af413c12e8890358f339d78bc16c53@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"04 Embrace Global baby incubators\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-re data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5624433020864832\" data-original-height=\"1860\" data-original-width=\"3307\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/231025092943-04-embrace-global-baby-incubators.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1860\" width=\"3307\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1860\" width=\"3307\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1860\" width=\"3307\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1860\" width=\"3307\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/231025092943-04-embrace-global-baby-incubators.jpg\" alt=\"Ambulance midwives after being trained in how to use the Embrace incubators at the Kapiri Mposhi District Hospital in Zambia in 2022.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1860\" width=\"3307\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_867107C7-BF4A-CAB9-453C-635110940553@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cIn Zambia, 13% of births are premature, and that\u2019s not even including low-birth-weight babies born at term,\u201d she said. \u201cWe needed an effective solution.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_DADD3B39-AC49-1622-81F2-621C693CFFA2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Embrace Global donated 15 incubators to the hospital. The new neonatal ward, set to open this month, is built around the Embrace incubator stations with Kangaroo mother care, or skin to skin contact between mother and baby.<strong> <\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_EFE8F308-7F96-BB74-46E0-6216A3B679DE@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cLast year we had 800 babies through the ward and maybe half of them used the Embrace incubator,\u201d said Seaman. \u201cThis year we\u2019ve had over 800 already. We haven\u2019t asked for any conventional incubators because from 1 kg (2.2 lbs) and above, the Embrace incubator does the work.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_C10C30EE-7271-E051-0343-621FD929798C@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Because of their heavy use, Seaman said the main challenge with the incubators is making sure that the heating pad is kept warm and reheated in a timely manner. \u201cWe\u2019ve built a mattress station where we will be teaching the new mothers how to do that,\u201d she said.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_077944E4-0833-78DE-69A4-622925592689@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cWhy do we keep babies warm? It\u2019s not just a nice thing. It literally does save lives,\u201d Seaman said.\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/25\/business\/baby-incubators-israel-gaza\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane Chen is racing against the clock, again. 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