Improving postpartum hemorrhage care: Policy, practice, and research

Charles Ameh^{1

2}, Fernando Althabe³

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Obstetric Care and Quality of Care Unit, WHO collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Maternal and Newborn Health, International Public Health Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
³ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Editorial

Charles Ameh et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun:158 Suppl 1:4-5.

doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14271.

Charles Ameh^{1

2}, Fernando Althabe³

¹ Emergency Obstetric Care and Quality of Care Unit, WHO collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Maternal and Newborn Health, International Public Health Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
³ UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: PPH prevention; PPH treatment; clinical guidelines; essential medicine list; heat stable carbetocin; quality of care; tranexamic acid.

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1. Ng'ang'a J, Chitimbe T, Mburu R, et al. Challenges in updating national guidelines and essential medicines lists in Sub-Saharan African countries to include WHO-recommended postpartum hemorrhage medicines. 2022;158(s1):11-13. doi:10.1002/ijgo.14269.