Just as the name suggest, http://trainmidwivessavelives.org/, Carrie Blake’s site details her efforts to bring midwifery training — and clean birth kits — to women in the developing world.
Carrie is a homebirth midwife in North Idaho who wants to:
train the “unskilled birth attendants” (based on the World Health Organization’s definition of “skilled birth attendant”) in the most basic “skills” associated with the problems most prevalent in pregnancy and birth: postpartum hemorrage, pregnancy induced hypertension, obstructed labor, and basic neonatal resuscitation. A pictorial, modular training that could be used by any “skilled birth attendant” to train and “unskilled birth attendant” will hopefully be the end result.
She is headed this month to Haiti stocked up with clean birth kits. Well done!
trainmidwivessavelives says
Thanks for the post! (this is Carrie) Just wanted to note that the Haiti trip is delayed, most likely until June. I have another trip in the works as well that may take precedence over Haiti … will know in a few weeks!
Did you see the clean birth kit instruction sheet posted yesterday?
wandermama says
I did! It think the instructions are very clear. Perhaps you could number the steps if you think that that left to right is confusing. I can’t wait to hear how they go over. Where are you possibly headed? I am so glad to be in touch. Best, Kristyn