Helping Mothers & Babies Survive (HMBS) Programs
Supporting Safe Birth uses the programs Helping Mothers and Babies Survive, which were developed in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), US Agency for International Development (USAID), JHPIEGO, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and several other global health agencies. They are designed to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality in low resource areas. The highly visual learner’s booklets, along with mannequins, such as the MamaNatalie, MamaBirthie, and NeoNatalie and BabyBirthie simulators, allow for hands-on, experiential learning.
Helping Mothers Survive (HMS) and Helping Babies Survive (HBS) programs are now combined and called Helping Mothers and Babies Survive. These simulation-based learning modules are designed to improve and sustain the critical skills of midwives, nurses, doctors, and others who assist them to care for women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery and reduce neonatal mortality and improve newborn care in resource-limited areas around the world (JHPIEGO, American Academy of Pediatrics).
HMBS MODULES
Bleeding After Birth Complete – Day 1
Postpartum hemorrhage is addressed in the first module, this is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. The content builds skills around team communication, active management of the 3rd stage of labor, and early detection and basic management of hemorrhage to reduce maternal deaths.
Preeclampsia/Eclampsia – Day 1
This module is designed to address the second leading cause of maternal mortality globally: pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Key content includes correct assessment and classification of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, administration of loading and maintenance doses of magnesium sulfate and antihypertensive medications, and management of convulsions.
Essential Care for Labor and Birth
This module is designed to improve the quality and experience of care for women and newborns during labor, birth and the immediate postpartum period. Learners complete skills practice and quality improvement activities and is designed for all those who care for women and newborns at birth.
Prolonged and Obstructed Labor
Prolonged & Obstructed Labor is designed to reduce maternal and newborn deaths related to prolonged or obstructed labor. Participants will learn how to assess, monitor, and support women whose labor is not progressing normally, or those who experience difficulties in labor, including abnormal presentation or position of the baby, ineffective contractions, and shoulder dystocia.
Essential Newborn Care 1 (Helping Babies Breathe)
Essential Newborn Care 1 teaches the initial steps of neonatal resuscitation to be accomplished within the Golden Minute to save lives and give an improved start to babies who struggle to breathe at birth.
Essential Newborn Care 2
Essential Newborn Care 2 teaches health care providers essential newborn practices to keep all babies healthy from 60 minutes after birth to discharge, including care for small babies
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