The following resources have been developed by the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium. Read more about their development here.
All tools are free to use for your own purposes, but please review content and definitions for relevance to your own research area before use. Please credit the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium and the document author (which can be found on the cover page) when using!
Neonatal examinations
Videos
Click on the links below to view videos showing how to conduct neonatal examinations:
How to measure head circumference of a neonate: https://youtu.be/MOQg3m5rWXA
How to measure the length of a neonate: https://youtu.be/61R-ZfBlbao
How to conduct a neonatal exam: https://youtu.be/ijQ43e8NbZM
Manuals and Guides
Newborn Exam Training Manual (includes Ballard Score training): English - French - Portuguese
Presentations
Newborn exam powerpoint presentation
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
The following documents are SOPs for collecting safety data from pregnant women and neonates in a research study. They provide guidance on what data could be collected, definitions that could be used and how to report the data collected.
Recording, Management and Reporting of Adverse Events
Guide to Safety Report Preparation & Submission
Guide to Pregnancy Outcome and Infant Assessment
Template forms
A variety of forms for capturing and reporting harms-related data.
Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Report Cover Sheet