What health professionals need to know.
An online learning programme
BAB training in prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage increased knowledge and confidence among skilled and semiskilled birth attendants. Further studies are needed to determine the impact of this training on skills retention and clinical outcomes following postpartum hemorrhage, after b...roader implementation of the training program
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A handbook for building skills, Updated 2013
Programmatic update
April 2012
Executive Summary
Integrated Management of pregnancy and childbirth
A project of the FIGO Committee for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights (WSRR)
The guidelines address timing, number and place of postnatal contacts, and content of postnatal care for all mothers and babies during the six weeks after birth. The primary audience for these guidelines is health professionals who are responsible for providing postnatal care to women and newborns, ...primarily in areas where resources are limited. The guidelines are also expected to be used by policy-makers and managers of maternal and child health programmes, health facilities, and teaching institutions to set up and maintain maternity and newborn care services.
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WHO GUIDELINES REVIEW COMMITTEE
Open Access: The Lancet Global Health, volume 2 issue 6 pages e323-333. Please click on the website link to download the pdf-file
This guide supports the low-dose, high-frequency practice of scenerios needed to maintain competency in prevention and management of postpartum hemorrhage. The document is learner centered and is directly linked to service delivery standards. It is part of the Helping Mothers Survive Bleeding After ...Birth training package.
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This film shows ways to help a laboring woman and contribute to a feeling of trust.
This film demonstrates how to feel where the baby is within the uterus and how to measure the station of the baby.
This film teaches how to examine the placenta for any missing pieces.
Accessed June 2014
dapted by PATH from: World Health Organization (WHO)/Department of Reproductive Health and Research.
Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: a Guide for Midwives and Doctors.
Geneva: WHO; 2007. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2007/9241545879_en...g.pdf.
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Fistula Services Facilitative Supervision and Medical Monitoring for Training Sites and Training Follow- up
This checklist facilitates the supervision and monitoring of training activities. Forms include: Facility Information; Training Follow Up for Fistula Surgery and Peri-operative Care; Training... Follow Up for Fistula Counselors; Additional Supervision/Monitoring for a Fistula Training Site; and Summary Notes and Recommendations from the Supervision and Monitoring Visit
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This film shows how to assess a laboring woman and the signs that indicate the need for transfer to a higher-level facility.
This film presents an overview of basic steps to prevent infection at birth.
This film shows how to care for both the mother and baby right after birth.
Somali version of Warning Signs in Pregnancy
Translation thanks to Aidarus Khalif and Fouzia Ismail and Abdirahman Dahir Aden at the Somaliland Nursing and Midwifery Association (SLNMA)
http://medicalaidfilms.org/our-films/somali-films/?v=64799984