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Our colleagues at Maternova recently highlighted on their innovation index a new tool (that is currently in development) that aims to increase the effectiveness of the partograph. The PartoPen is being developed by University of Colorado-Boulder Ph.D candidate Heather Underwood. According to Maternova’s innovation … Continue reading
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Tagged: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Heather Underwood, innovation, maternal health, Matervova, partograph, PartoPen
Posted in: New Ideas and Innovations, News
More from Barbara Kwast on the partograph meeting: The meeting called by Fistula Care and the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) at Engender Health on revitalizing the partograph for the management of labor has been an important initiative. Management of … Continue reading
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Tagged: Barbara Kwast, labor, labor management, monitoring labor, partograph, Revitalizing the Partograph
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The following is a summary of a meeting hosted by the Fistula Care Project in New York in November. Written by: Celia Pett, Medical Associate and Pam Harper, Senior Writer/Editor, EngenderHealth Prolonged or obstructed labor is a major … Continue reading
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Tagged: Celia Pett, fistula, Fistula Care Project, obstructed labor, Pam Harper, partograph
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More participants from the partograph meeting share their reflections. Dr. Barbara E. Kwast, a consultant on maternal health and safe motherhood writes: There has to be a goal in the form of a minimum standard that we all must … Continue reading
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Tagged: Barbara Kwast, partograph, partograph use, Revitalizing the Partograph, Suzanne Stalls
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At the technical meeting on partograph use earlier this month a wide variety of opinions were heard about the appropriateness of the tool, how to increase its coverage, and many other topics. Over the coming days, we’ll be posting some … Continue reading
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Tagged: Florence Gans-Lartey, midwives, monitoring labor, monitoring progress, obstructed labor, partograph, Revitalizing the Partograph, Suzanne Stalls
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Last week’s meeting on the partograph use was organized by the Fistula Care Project since its use may reduce obstructed labor, one of the main causes of obstetric fistula. Not only do women who develop fistula suffer terrible physical outcomes, … Continue reading
The partograph is often referred to as a simple tool (see here, here, here). The word simple often appears in a definition of partograph. However, if one thing became clear over the course of a two day meeting to discuss … Continue reading
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Tagged: Fistula Care, partograph, partograph use, Revitalizing the Partograph
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The second day of the partograph meeting began with a discussion of how to overcome some of the challenges to partograph use identified on Day 1. The most significant challenges, as identified by polling attendees, included health systems failures and … Continue reading
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Tagged: Fistula Care, Fistula Care Project, human resource for health, obstructed labor, partograph
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Written by: Joslyn Meier, Program Associate and Peter Mukasa, Senior Medical Associate, EngenderHealth At 16, Jenny Nalukwago became pregnant and dropped out of school. After learning about the importance of antenatal care at her school in central Uganda, she … Continue reading
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Tagged: EngenderHealth, fistula, Fistula Care, Joslyn Meier, partograph, Peter Mukasa, Uganda
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The Conversation Continues: Catheters as an Important Component of Fistula Prevention and Treatment
Posted on June 16, 2010 by Kate Mitchell
On June 3rd, 2010, I posted a guest blog post from Dr. Fatouma Mabeye of WAHA International on a recent meeting in Benin of midwives from West and Central Africa. Dr. Mabeye explained that the goal of the meeting was … Continue reading →