A feasible,acceptable and effective way to teach healthcare workers in low-and middle-income countries a method to manage acutely ill obstetric women

McCarthy, R; Byrne Davis, L; Hart, J; Yuill, G; Slattery, H; Jackson, M; byrne, G

Abstract

Maternal mortality is unacceptably high in SubSaharan Africa,which accounts for 56% of all maternal
deaths (WHO, 2012). Most maternal deaths are avoidable but with prompt recognition and timely
intervention it is not inevitable that acute or critical maternal illness deteriorates to fatality (Firth and
Ttendo, 2012).This paper discusses a project to provide multidisciplinary training in Maternal-Acute Illness Management(M- AIM) in a low resource setting in order to actively address the third delay to women accessing emergency obstetric care:prompt receipt of effective care on reaching a medical facility.

Citation

McCarthy, R., Byrne Davis, L., Hart, J., Yuill, G., Slattery, H., Jackson, M., & byrne, G. (2015). A feasible,acceptable and effective way to teach healthcare workers in low-and middle-income countries a method to manage acutely ill obstetric women. Midwifery, 31(1), 19-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2014.04.009

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 25, 2014
• Online Publication Date: May 9, 2014
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 17, 2015
• Journal: Midwifery
• Print ISSN: 0266-6138
• Electronic ISSN: 1532-3099
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19-24
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2014.04.009
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2014.04.009
• Related Public URLs: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/midwifery/