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Device Lowers Birthing Danger in Low-Income World
July 7, 2009
By Molly M. Ginty
An estimated 125,000 women die each year of severe bleeding after childbirth. But a new device - first developed to treat wounded American soldiers in the Vietnam War - promises to lower those deaths, concentrated in low-income countries.
When a woman named Olanna gave birth to a healthy baby boy at her home in southwestern Nigeria last year, she and her family celebrated - until she began bleeding heavily after the delivery.
Rushed to the emergency room in the city of Ibadan, Olanna had no pulse and no blood pressure. Her relatives gathered at the hospital to mourn her death. Then doctors wrapped the 30-year-old mother in a new "anti-shock garment" that revived her and saved her life.
© 2009 Women's eNews Inc.
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http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/cover_stories/low-tech_solution_saves_lives
Pathfinder International presented in a panel session, Postpartum Hemorrhage: New Findings and Innovative Technologies, at the Council's 2009 International Conference on Global Health.
category: Member Organization News : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 9 July 2009
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