Kaduna Cuts Birth Bleeding Deaths

KadunaMost postpartum bleeding cases now stop without referral.

Postpartum bleeding kills nearly 43,000 women a year, most in Africa and South Asia, WHO says.

A calibrated drape measuring blood loss lets trained community health workers respond immediately with uterine massage, oxytocic drugs and IV fluids.

“The majority stop bleeding without even being referred,” said Zainab Garba, an antenatal care provider in Sabon Gari.

Whether Nigeria extends the model beyond Kaduna’s 77 trained workers remains undecided.

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