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“We feel so proud and happy about what we have become. We manage our babies very well and discharge them alive. We no longer run after the doctors except when babies present with advanced complications,” says Sr Gorret Mukhaye, a registered midwife at Kiryandongo Hospital in the Kiryandongo District of...
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Hospitals in Malawi continue to struggle with inadequate resources – staffing, space, and equipment – and the quality of care mothers and newborns receive suffers. Yet through trainings, ongoing mentorship and strategic planning, improvements are taking place at the Ntcheu District Hospital. The Maternity Ward Patron, Bema Mkatumula, said that...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhgozFMD6O4 The 10,000 Happy Birthdays project trains midwives in life saving skills in Malawi and Zambia, This film shows the remarkable results achieved by the Association of Malawian Midwives, The Midwifery Association of Zambia and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) after project start in 2014. Original post
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Updates to the Safe Delivery App Incorporate Respectful Maternity Care The Safe Delivery App is a smartphone application that provides skilled birth attendants with direct and instant access to evidence-based and up-to-date clinical guidelines on basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care (BEmONC). The Safe Delivery App leverages the growing ubiquity of mobile phones...
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The WOMAN Trial results, published in the Lancet, showed that tranexamic acid (TXA) could save the lives of one in three mothers who would otherwise bleed to death after childbirth.
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