"I am always surprised by the postnatal ward summary - it normally goes something like this: on the postnatal ward we have 70 mothers, 40 of whom have their babies with them. My immediate thought is - what happened to the other 30 babies?" Dr Soha Sobhy is an Obs & Gynae doctor from London who has [...]
Dr Sadia Malick is about to return to the mountains of Havelian in Pakistan to find out how Ammalife's Emergency Transport Scheme is evolving. Shakeel Ahmed, the local pharmacist who manages the Ammalife project, says that local people are looking forward to seeing Dr Sadia after a 9 year interval. Here's why. It was 2000 and [...]
In sub-Saharan Africa there are simply not enough doctors to go around. So Clinical Officers (COs) are often the only people who can carry out life saving operations such as caesarean section. However, before our work, there was uncertainty about the safety and effectiveness of caesarean section when clinical officers performed the operation. Our research, led [...]
Many poor women have no access to skilled health workers at the time of birth. Instead, they rely on Traditional Birth Attendants and sometimes that can aggravate problems. But what if we worked with TBAs to help them do a better job? Before our research there was uncertainty about the best way forward. No one knew [...]
Ammalife are supporting the establishment of a clinical link between Birmingham Women's Hospital and GoGo Chatinkha Maternity Unit, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi. The link was launched with a fantastic fundraising event at "Akamba". It was a fantastic night with live music, drumming and fire eating! Guests of honour Dr Bonus Makanani (GoGo Chatinkha Head of [...]
Venue: Good Hope Hospital, Partnership and Learning Centre, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, B74 4RR Date: Friday 11 May 2012 Time: 2pm-4pm Presented by: Nina Gora, Activism Coordinator for Oxfam in the Midlands and Oxfam Birth Rights’ Campaign Coordinator Speakers: Andrew Mitchell - MP for Sutton Coldfield and Secretary of State for International Development, Amie Wilson - [...]
