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Clinicians from around the world are interested in finding tools to improve the quality of the care they provide to women and infants during childbirth. Ariadne Labs has partnered with implementers in over 30 countries across the world to integrate the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist into their current health system. Each region is extremely diverse… Continue reading Safe Childbirth Checklist Implementation: Stories from a high-volume birthing hospital in Sudan
Ariadne Labs Mar 18, 2018·5 min read Clinicians from around the world are interested in finding tools to improve the quality of the care they provide to women and infants during childbirth. Ariadne Labs has partnered with implementers in over 30 countries across the world to integrate the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist into their current… Continue reading Safe Childbirth Checklist Implementation: Stories from a high-volume birthing hospital in Sudan
Ariadne Labs teamed up with Project Syndicate to produce a podcast about our BetterBirth study in India. Our executive director Atul Gawande took over the reins and interviewed BetterBirth Director Katherine Semrau about what we learned after one of the world’s largest maternal newborn health studies. Gawande: Today I’m taking over the reins from Greg… Continue reading Atul Gawande Asks Katherine Semrau: How We Can Improve Maternal and Newborn Health
A paper in NEJM led by the BetterBirth team looks at the effects of a coaching-based WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program in India on adherence to essential birth practices.
Boston, MA – A checklist and coaching intervention to improve facility-based childbirth care and reduce deaths of women and newborns in India achieved significant gains in the quality of care during labor and delivery, but the improvements were insufficient to reduce death rates, according to a new study. The BetterBirth study is one of the… Continue reading Checklist and coaching program in India markedly improved childbirth care but did not reduce death rates
During the last century, science has achieved incredible breakthroughs in medical research and technology. And there’s no question, we’ve made great strides. However, too often these breakthroughs don’t reach the people who need them. Millions of people die or needlessly suffer because our health systems fail to deliver the right care at the most critical… Continue reading Ariadne Labs: Five years of innovation
During the last century, science has achieved incredible breakthroughs in medical and technology. And there’s no question we’ve made great strides. However, we know these breakthroughs aren’t getting to the people who need them. Millions of people die or needlessly suffer on a massive scale due to the failure of our health system to deliver… Continue reading Our Mission
The BetterBirth Program at Ariadne Labs has been leading research to better understand what contributes to maternal and infant harm during childbirth and how best to address these challenges.
The BetterBirth Program is a partnership between Ariadne Labs and the following organizations: World Health Organization Population Services International Governments of India and Uttar Pradesh Community Empowerment Lab The Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Covid–19 Health Literacy Project
BOSTON (Aug. 23, 2017) — The last two decades have seen real progress in making childbirth safer for women and infants around the world. However, more effort is still needed. Approximately 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day. And 2.7 million newborns die every year in their first month… Continue reading Ariadne Labs and WHO convene first global meeting on implementation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist