At ACNN and COINN, we believe that every neonatal nurse should have the opportunity to attend and benefit from our global conference. To make this possible, we invite you to contribute towards helping a fellow nurse from a low-middle resourced country to attend. Your generous donation—no matter the amount—can make a difference by helping cover registration fees, travel, and accommodation for someone who otherwise may not be able to participate.
The ACNN LRC SIG has identified three neonatal nurses in our region who are championing the care of newborn infants in their home country. Meet the first two of 'our' three amazing neonatal nurses.
Aloma Roa. In 2013, I started my career as a general
nurse after completing my nursing degree in Pacific Adventist University in Papua New Guinea. I worked in a provincial Hospital in Vanuatu,
Northern Provincial Hospital, and is in the northern part of Vanuatu on the Island of Santo. My passion of caring for newborns
commenced in 2020 after resuming from my maternity leave and I worked in the Maternity ward but most times I took care of the sick newborns
because there was no special care nursery; therefore maternity staff would take care of these newborns. Also, another reason for developing
my passion to care for newborns is because my second born daughter, Rawai was an acardiac acephalic twin which means she was the normal
twin but unfortunately her sibling twin did not survive this rare condition.
By June of 2020, my colleagues and I voiced our concern to have a dedicated special care nursery and
finally, by the end of 2020 we managed to have a nursery department separated from the maternity ward. I then worked in the special care
nursery until this year (2025), when I came to Solomon Island to do one year course in child health and will go back to enhance and impart
the knowledge & skills at my place of work and support other nurses to pursue their ambitions to be specialised in the field of newborn
care and paediatrics. Here, I attended the education week provided by Lyn and the LRC SIG team. My oldest
daughter, Tiara, also joined in the week!
Thank you very much for this great opportunity to attend COINN 2026.
Sri Mahawati (Maha) Ddb, Nursing Unit Head of the Neonatal Nursery at the Prof. Dr. I.G.N.G. Ngoerah Hospital (previously known as the Sanglah Hospital), Denpasar, Indonesia. ACNN long-time member NNP Miriam Long has been visiting the hospital and collaborating with Maha and the team since 2018. Maha will be a part of the Low-Middle Resources Country plenary session at COINN 2026.
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to donate. Every contribution counts and brings us closer to building a stronger, more connected community of
neonatal professionals.
Thank you to all who have generously supported to date!
Our fundraising continues due to the generous support of Australian Neonatal Nurses...
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