Community perceptions of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Ogun State, Nigeria: A qualitative study
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Posted onThis Is a Drill: Developing an Obstetric Emergency Drills Program
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By María Belizán, Daniela Colaci, Agustina Mazzoni, Ezequiel García-Elorrio, Sebastián García-Martí, and Fernando Althabe, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS). This post describes field experience in Ethiopia and India that helped shape the Obstetric Emergency Drills Training Kit, a new free resource for clinicians seeking ways to manage complications like postpartum hemorrhage and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, the leading causes of maternal mortality globally…read more
Treatment gap and help-seeking for postpartum depression in a rural African setting
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The Maternal Health Task Force partnered with the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), an Argentinean organization, to carry out obstetric emergency drills training for midwives and physicians for facilities in the St. Paul’s Hospital Referral Network, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The training not only strengthened the entire network’s capacity to manage postpartum hemorrhage and eclampsia, the two most common obstetric complications, but it also informed the Obstetric Emergency Drills Training Kit, a new free resource available for clinicians seeking ways to prepare for obstetric emergencies…read more