The Incubator
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Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#438 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Neonatology in Burundi: QI at the Edge of the World (ft. Dr. Jennifer Harling)
12 minutes Posted Apr 25, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jennifer Harling, pediatrician and neonatologist who spent six years practicing in Burundi, one of the poorest countries in the world, shares what it took to introduce breast milk fortification, bubble CPAP, and revised sepsis protocols in a setting with nurse-to-patient ratios as high as one to forty and near-zero access to medical supplies. She reflects on the extraordinary obstacles of implementing quality improvement in resource-limited environments — from procurement...