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Your passion,
our commitment

You believe that every mother and baby deserves the best care possible - before, during, and after a newborn enters the world.

At Philips, we share your passion and support your mission. We're committed to delivering clinically proven Developmental Care solutions and educational services, through every stage and each transition.

We help you establish an evidence‐based framework of care designed to support and nurture mother and baby in the best way.

"What if this were my child? Or my grandchild? That’s how I think about every woman who walks in here."

Diane Shaffer MEd, Developmental Specialist
NICU & Developmental Followup
West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Solving real customer problems

Delivering a new birthing experience

The Burnside Hospital in Australia offers expectant mothers the freedom to move about during labor with Philips Avalon Cableless (CL) maternal and fetal monitoring solution. When used with the OB information system, IntelliSpace Perinatal, clinicians are able to capture a comprehensive clinical record while providing a more flexible birth experience.

Implementing new family-centered care concepts in the NICU

The Máxima Medical Center in Veldhoven, Netherlands includes a groundbreaking Woman-Mother-Child Center, which is one of the first in Europe to deliver comprehensive family-focused childbirth and neonatal care, implementing family centered care concepts such as the Sacred Hour.

Family-centered care: a more holistic approach

Starting life in intensive care is never easy. But Clinica Mangiagalli in Milan, Italy is partnering with Philips to create a gentler environment for premature babies like Sebastiano – as well as their families.

Embracing Global Wee Care

Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO works implements Developmental Care

Making a difference through global innovations

The Maternal and Newborn Health Innovations Project

UNICEF and The Philips Foundation, together with Concern Worldwide, Maker and Gearbox, have launched the Maternal and Newborn Health Innovations Project, to help save lives and improve the health of pregnant women and children in Kenya.

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Philips donation supporting Afghan mothers and babies

Philips is committed to the UN Millennium Development Goals of reducing child mortality rates and improving maternal health. We have been working to bring new life – and new hope – to the clinicians and mothers in Afghanistan, who have been consumed by war and robbed of some of the most basic healthcare necessities.

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Key topics in Mother & Child Care today

Mobility during early stages of labor

Women in labor have many options beyond remaining immobile in a hospital bed. There are documented advantages of movement during labor including a more satisfied birthing experience.

Supporting providers and parents in managing newborn jaundice

The high percentage of newborns who develop jaundice combined with the move towards shorter stays in the maternity ward requires increasingly innovative ways to diagnose and manage this common condition to avoid readmission.

Implementing Developmental Care

Our patient-centric Developmental Care framework provides innovative solutions that support neonatal health, while helping parents and family learn how to care for their newborn.

Feeding our future

The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months of age ¹. But this very natural act does not come easily to every new mother. So it’s important that parents feel comfortable turning to you for expert advice.

Our range of Mother & Child Care solutions

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Calming your bay with Philips Soothie pacifiers

A range of positioning products for the NICU

¹ World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund. Global strategy for infant and young child feeding. http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/global_strategy/en/. Published 2002. Accessed March 5, 2013

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