Kaduna intervention helps health workers manage postpartum bleeding

Summary

A report from Kaduna describes a new intervention that is helping primary healthcare workers respond better to postpartum haemorrhage, a major cause of maternal deaths.

Highlights

• Zainab Garba, a provider at PHC Abdukwari in Sabon Gari LGA, said training in the E-MOTIVE approach improved how staff handle heavy bleeding after childbirth.
• She said many women now stop bleeding without being referred to a higher-level facility.
• The intervention, called the Task Shifting Task Sharing project, is run by Pathfinder International with Impact Catalysts and support from the Gates Foundation.
• The project has trained 77 Community Health Extension Workers across 77 primary healthcare facilities in nine LGAs in Kaduna State.
• Programme records reviewed by Premium Times show the training covers postpartum haemorrhage prevention and management, emergency obstetric care and other maternal and newborn health services.