postpartum-hemorrhage

• Echos du terrain: « La vie d\'une femme, ça n\'a pas de prix,» Comment prévenir l\'hémorragie du postpartum au Mali

  Cheick Touré, directeur d’IntraHealth au Mali, a dernièrement présenté au Ministre de la Santé les résultats d’une étude menée par des partenaires techniques en collaboration avec la division de la Santé de la...

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• Voices from the Field: \'The Life Of A Woman Does Not Have A Price,\' Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage in Mali

  IntraHealth’s country director in Mali , Cheick Touré, recently presented the Minister of Health with the results of a study carried out by technical partners in collaboration with the Reproductive Health division of the Ministry of Health and regional and local MOH staff...

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• Training Malian Matrones To Reduce Postpartum Hemorrhage

  Use of active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) has been shown to reduce postpartum hemorrhage and associated maternal mortality. In Mali, training in AMTSL has been offered to nurses and midwives at health facilities, but many Malian women receive childbirth assistance from...

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• Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage In Mali—Building On Success

  Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal deaths in developing countries such as Mali 1 . Through projects funded by USAID, IntraHealth and partners 2 are working to prevent PPH—and save women’s lives—by increasing access to active management of the...

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• Voices from the Field: Life-Saving Practice Can Change Mothers\' Fate

  When Astou Ndèye\'s labor began, her husband, in-laws and family worried.  Astou had bled so much when she gave birth previously that she had to be transferred to the regional hospital.  In Senegal, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)—rapid, excessive blood loss after...

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• Voices from the Field: Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage

  “Active Management is very enjoyable and even rather pretty to observe. Before, the mothers made a lot of noise because it was painful to have the contractions and have us push on their stomach. Now we don’t have to push and it’s even hard to tell there was a delivery,...

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