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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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“The baby was blue. I watched the midwife deliver the baby and I kept asking myself – why is the whole body out but the head hasn’t been delivered?” The baby was breech and quickly died. “I couldn’t sleep that night because I kept thinking about the situation and wondering...
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Chawanangwa Beza, 24, is a midwife at David Gordon Memorial Hospital in Malawi. The hospital is located in a rural setting on the Rumphi plateau and, with its four health centres, serves a population of approximately 90,000 people. This young midwife is worthy of admiration, for he has placed his...
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The hallways are lined with women in labor. The beds are filled with mothers holding small or sick newborns. And the walls are plastered with various medical guidelines. This is the labor and maternity ward at Ntchisi District Hospital – one of four district hospitals participating in the quality improvement...
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