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Dr ARMIDA FERNANDEZ
Sneha Urban Health Centre
60 feet Road,
Dharavi
Mumbai 400017
Tel no. 26454533 (O) 26426840
Dharavi : 24040045 / 24042627
E-mail : mefhi@vsnl.com

Designation within Sneha : Honorary founder member.

Fernandez


Medical training at KMC College Hubli, Karnatak University. Post graduate Medical training at KEM Hospital & Seth GS Medical College, Bombay. Qualified in 1971. Current clinical work- in charge of a 47 bedded neonatal intensive care unit and a neonatal unit comprising of 5000- 6000 normal babies. Director of a Human Milk Bank. Major interests are community Neonatology, Lactation Management, Human milk banking and appropriate technology for survival of neonates in developing countries Carried out a study in Maternal & Placental determinants of Intrauterine growth in an Urban Slum Population.

Important Publications :
1. Fernandez, J Mondkar, R Nanavati. The establishment of a Human Milk Bank.
J. of Human Lactation 9 (3): 1993.
 
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Oil application in Preterm Babies- A source of warmth and nutrition.
Indian Pediatrics 24: 1987.

 

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