We're excited to unveil Ammalife's 2018 Annual Report, celebrating all of Ammalife's activities in the previous year. There's been great progress in Malawi where we've been working with local NGO, PACHI Malawi, to treat and prevent cases of maternal sepsis, as well as to improve hygiene practices in hospitals. Our Change Makers have excelled in their [...]
(Above) James with FAST-M Project Coordinator, Laura Munthali, outside Kabudula Hospital in Malawi. James Cheshire is one of Ammalife’s doctoral researchers who has been working on the FAST-M maternal sepsis project in Malawi. Last time we heard from researcher Catherine Dunlop, who is at the forefront of preventing sepsis in Malawi. In this second post of [...]
The World Health Organisation defines maternal sepsis as follows: “Maternal sepsis is a life-threatening condition defined as organ dysfunction resulting from infection during pregnancy, child-birth, post-abortion, or post-partum period”. Dr David Lissauer, leading the Ammalife supported FAST-M research programme, is one of the leaders of the international team tackling this deadly threat to mothers and their babies. [...]
Women themselves can be life savers if they get together to plan and prioritise. We've been working with a world-class team at UCL to analyse the evidence from clinical studies where women came together within their community to identify problems they have in pregnancy and childbirth. Then the women themselves devised strategies for tackling these, with [...]
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 [...]
