Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death during childbirth. Every year, it affects 14 million women around the world. About 70,000 of those women die as a result, and many more require urgent surgery to control the bleeding. Global guidelines have offered insight into how to effectively manage postpartum hemorrhage in a clinical… Continue reading Combating Postpartum Hemorrhage with Effective Implementation
The BetterBirth team and partners’ systematic review found evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of the Safe Childbirth Checklist in reducing stillbirths and improving adherence to essential birth practices.
The BetterBirth team and their partners published the latest on their research of Manyata, a quality assurance and improvement program that provides training, mentorship and accreditation to private maternity facilities in India.
Zenewton Gama, PhD, MSc, PT, is an associate professor of Collective Health at The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte – UFRN (Brazil), and a visiting scholar at Ariadne Labs. He is analyzing models of care, health systems strategic interventions, and contextual factors related to the improvement of quality of care and patient safety… Continue reading Zenewton Gama
The BetterBirth team and their partners, Noora Health, publish the findings on the benefit to family-centered education in the early postnatal period to reduce neonatal mortality.
The Executive Summary details study findings for infants from birth to two years. It outlines key actions for an evidence-based approach to improve growth, survival, and development outcomes for these infants, with a focus on early identification of the highest risk infants to allow for early intervention.