UNFPA and LDS Charities join hands in midwives training
21/05/2015 14:50
UNFPA and LDS Charities join hands in midwives training
21/05/2015 14:50
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- UNFPA and LDS (Latter-day Saints) Charities jointly organized five-day training session for the midwives on after-birth bleeding.
Almost 200 midwives from all regions of Uzbekistan benefited from the intensive ‘Helping Mothers Survive’ training that takes place at the Republican Perinatal Centre.
Within its Reproductive Health and Rights component, UNFPA has been focusing on strengthening the capacity of the health care system in Uzbekistan, so that it is able to provide high-quality services in the area of maternal and reproductive health. In recent years, the Fund has supported training of thousands of healthcare providers, including midwives, on different aspects of reproductive health and rights. The training on after-birth bleeding was made possible thanks to UNFPA’s partnership with the Ministry of Health and LDS Charities, which is not resident in the country.
LDS Charities, a US-based philanthropic organization has the mission of helping the needy throughout the world, and maternal and newborn care is one of their signature programmes. In the past 30 years, LDS Charities has been involved in projects to aid refugees—donating food, shelter, medical supplies, clothing, and other needed relief items.
‘Helping Mothers Survive’ is a comparatively new programme for LDS, who have mainly focused on neonatal resuscitation, ‘Helping Babies Breathe’ educational programmes before. Developed by JHPIEGO (international non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University), the programme aims to provide a comprehensive set of skills on prevention and treatment of after-birth bleeding, a condition that still accounts for approximately one fourth of maternal deaths worldwide.
The training programme has been successfully piloted in Tajikistan in June last year, and LDS Charities have enthusiastically responded to UNFPA’s request to jointly organize it in Uzbekistan. The five-day training was aimed to cover around 200 obstetrician-gynecologists and midwives, and 20 of them will become master trainers who could then conduct training sessions at their facilities.
In addition to contributing the expertise of three top-notch trainers, LDS Charities has provided all training materials, as well as special birthing simulators called MamaNatalie – a mannequin that assists the trainees in mastering births and post-delivery hemorrhage treatment. In total, 65 MamaNatalies total worth over US$11,000 were supplied to Uzbekistan, for future distribution among some 25 facilities. UNFPA has negotiated with the Ministry of Health to arrange training venue, and bring in participants.
Dr. Larry Warner, one of LDS trainers and a prominent obstetrician-gynecologist from USA starts his session wearing MamaNatalie simulator. He imitates a complicated delivery, following which the ‘mother’ bleeds heavily, and then dies. “It is sad, and it still happens in many parts of the world, - says Dr. Warner, - These deaths can be prevented, with the adequate facilities and skilled birth attendants. We are hopeful that today’s training session will further help you in your noble work of saving mothers’ lives in Uzbekistan”.
“This is a great opportunity to further improve my skills, - says Shakhnoza, training participant and a midwife at one of the city’s birthing facilities, - Practice makes perfect, and one day of this programme is worth a week of lectures”.
The training is an example of successful partnership initiative of UNFPA and LDS Charities, within the continued commitment of the two organizations to strengthen and support the skills of medical personnel in maternal and newborn health.
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