Published in the New England Journal of Medicine this month, E-MOTIVE - a set of interventions to manage postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), has been found to reduce heavy bleeding by 60%. This is a major breakthrough in reducing deaths from childbirth-related bleeding and Ammalife are delighted to have been a partner; providing [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
The World Health Organisation defines maternal sepsis as follows: “Maternal sepsis is a life-threatening condition defined as organ dysfunction resulting from infection during pregnancy, child-birth, post-abortion, or post-partum period”. Dr David Lissauer, leading the Ammalife supported FAST-M research programme, is one of the leaders of the international team tackling this deadly threat to mothers and their babies. [...]
We’re delighted that Ammalife researcher, Dr Soha Sobhy‘s research on the anaesthetic risks facing mothers in low-resource settings has been published in The Lancet – Global Health. Already we know that it has prompted and informed international debate about safer obstetric anaesthesia and will be helping to shape international training programmes for Anaesthetic Clinical Officers. Ammalife is proud [...]
Ammalife Researcher – Dr Abi Merriel has been carrying out research with health professionals in Malawi. She’s been working with colleagues to improve the quality of maternity care in Malawi. Here’s a blog written during her most recent Malawi visit: “I’m very excited to share with you the progress of Appreciative Inquiry to improve the quality of maternity care [...]
Will you help us? The Big Give Christmas Challenge will double your donation for 3 days only. 29 November-2 December Ammalife is co-funding the team working to save the lives of mothers and their babies who develop sepsis in some of the poorest parts of our world. Thankfully, the UK has led the world in developing [...]
Women themselves can be life savers if they get together to plan and prioritise. We've been working with a world-class team at UCL to analyse the evidence from clinical studies where women came together within their community to identify problems they have in pregnancy and childbirth. Then the women themselves devised strategies for tackling these, with [...]
In sub-Saharan Africa there are simply not enough doctors to go around. So Clinical Officers (COs) are often the only people who can carry out life saving operations such as caesarean section. However, before our work, there was uncertainty about the safety and effectiveness of caesarean section when clinical officers performed the operation. Our research, led [...]
Many poor women have no access to skilled health workers at the time of birth. Instead, they rely on Traditional Birth Attendants and sometimes that can aggravate problems. But what if we worked with TBAs to help them do a better job? Before our research there was uncertainty about the best way forward. No one knew [...]
