Maternal and Child Health Programs:
Maternal and child
health is an issue of growing concern throughout
the developing world. Preventable diseases and poor healthcare are causing
an increase in maternal and infant death rates. Every minute of every day, a
woman dies giving birth, and more than 50 million women in the world suffer
from poor reproductive health. Physicians for Peace designed the Women's
and Children's Health Initiative to address these issues by providing medical education programs that enhance both capability and capacity in women's
health care.
Midwifery
Physicians for Peace has partnered with volunteers to create an educational
training class focusing on midwives. Most often midwives are primary
care-givers in many of the countries where we work. The goal of providing
training for new or improved practices and techniques will result in many
mothers' and babies' lives saved. The Physicians for Peace volunteers teach
on issues dealing with abnormal labor, post partum hemorrhage, eclampsia,
and basic neonatal life support. |
