(Above) James with FAST-M Project Coordinator, Laura Munthali, outside Kabudula Hospital in Malawi. James Cheshire is one of Ammalife’s doctoral researchers who has been working on the FAST-M maternal sepsis project in Malawi. Last time we heard from researcher Catherine Dunlop, who is at the forefront of preventing sepsis in Malawi. In this second post of [...]
Ammalife is lucky to support a team of talented researchers in Malawi who are seeking practical, low-cost and low-resource solutions to preventing, diagnosing and treating maternal sepsis. In the first of this two-part blog series we speak to Catherine Dunlop, a Research Fellow at Birmingham University, who is currently undertaking a PhD research project on preventing [...]
This year Ammalife is applying to take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise money for our project fighting maternal sepsis in Malawi. Last year was our most successful Christmas Challenge ever and with your support we raised over £7,000. This year we're hoping to improve on that success and we'd like to welcome [...]
Stanley Daudi, one of Ammalife’s past Changemakers has recently finished his studies in Malawi. We caught up with Stanley to hear what the impact of the Changemaker programme has been on himself and his community, as well as to ask him what he believes to be the biggest challenges facing clinicians in Malawi today. Before I [...]
Above: medical staff in Malawi receiving training on the FAST-M sepsis prevention tools, from Linvell, senior nursing officer and one of our Maternal Sepsis Champions at Mithundu Hospital) FAST-M is one of the projects that Ammalife sponsors which has been improving maternal healthcare in Malawi. FAST-M is a treatment bundle for maternal sepsis, with each [...]
We're searching for an exceptional person to come and work with us and help us drive forward our ambitious plans. You'll find all the details here. Our volunteer run charity is on the brink of expansion so we're looking for a professional with initiative who'll be a full member of the Exec Team. The post is [...]
James Cheshire is taking 'He4She' to a whole new level - he's going to be running the Edinburgh Marathon next May to raise funds for the mothers of Malawi. James has been working there so he knows first hand just what's at stake. Check out his fundraising page HERE and let's all get behind him to [...]
Our most ambitious campaign yet - The Big Give Christmas Challenge is now LIVE - one donation, twice the impact. We have until noon on Tuesday 5 December to reach our target. We need to raise £6500 to fund FAST-M & tackle life threatening sepsis in childbirth. If we can raise £3250 online in the next [...]
During a recent visit to Malawi, members of the Ammalife team were able to hand over stethoscopes and blood pressure monitors to Thomson, Edward and three of their colleagues from MAOCO (the professional organisation for Obstetric Clinical Officers supported by Ammalife). Their existing stethoscopes had literally fallen apart so Ammalife asked doctors in the UK to [...]
Following the success of the Etatmba project, a research project run by the University of Warwick to augment the skills of Clinical Officers in Obstetric practice in Malawi, The Malawi Association of Obstetric Clinical Officers (MAOCO) was formed in October 2014 and is made up of members from all health zones in Malawi. MAOCO’s goal is to [...]
