Midwives For Haiti

Among the poorest women 94% deliver at home

Only 25% of Haitian women deliver in a hospital

Why Women Die Pregnancy related high blood pressure seizures

Eclampsia

Bleeding after delivery – Postpartum hemorrhage

Infection leading to Sepsis

Obstructed labor – Cesarean Deliveries not available

Unsafe Abortion – Spontaneous and Elective

Maternal Mortality

Worldwide there are 264,000 maternal deaths each year.

One woman dies in childbirth every 2 minutesThat is the equivalent of 2 jumbo jets crashing

each day

Largely from PREVENTABLE causes

What Does It Take To Prevent A Death?

Skilled Nurse-Midwife at Home Delivery

What Does It Take to Save the Lives of Mothers and

Babies?1. Skilled birth attendants2. Transportation3. Well-staffed and equipped

medical centers

Skilled Birth Attendants Save Lives

For the 250,000 births/year in Haiti at least 5000 skilled birth attendants are needed

Approximately 100 Obstetricians in HaitiLess than 100 University trained nurse-midwivesPlus the 71 graduates of the Midwives For Haiti

program 270/5000 as of 2014

Skilled Birth Attendanta midwife, physician, obstetrician, nurse, or

other health care professional who provides basic and emergency health care services to women and their newborns during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Birth attendants are trained to be present at ("attend") childbirth, whether the delivery takes place in a health care institution or at home, to recognize and respond appropriately to medical complications, and to implement interventions to help prevent them in the first place including through prenatal care.[1]

Skilled Birth Attendant Vs Midwife- the Difference

Per ICM a Midwife:1) Is educated in a program recognized by the

country it is in and that fits the Framework of the ICM Global Standards for Midwifery Education.

2) Meets Essential Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice

3) Practice scope covers pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, prevention and detection of complications

4) Counsels and teaches health to women and communities

Four Programs of Midwives For Haiti

1. Training Skilled Birth Attendants- 16-20/year2. Mobile prenatal clinics in 21 villages each month seeing an average of 600 women/month3. Support of salaries of midwives at Ste.

Therese Hospital4. Matron Outreach Program

Mobile Prenatal Clinic Midwives

Mobile Prenatal Clinic

201453 Graduates working in 11 birth centers and 3

hospitals in HaitiDoing about 60,000 prenatal visits/yearAttending 10,000 births/yearThe numbers for some ripple effects are not

available: Family planning, breastfeeding support, prevention and treatment of diarrhea in infants, empowerment through education.

121 applicants for 2014 class

Class 6

Class 7

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