President’s Initiative – BIRTHING IN THE PACIFIC

“Although the latest UN Statistics reported a trend that there are fewer women dying from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, globally there are still 1,000 women dying a day due to pregnancy and childbirth complications. That is like two giant jumbo jets full of women crashing down daily or 41 women dying every hour and yet no one hears about this. It’s not breaking news. But if a small 12-passenger plane crashes the news is featured on TV around the globe.” (Julie Marsaban, SISWP)

OBJECTIVES

1. Providing education programmes for birth attendants at four skill levels

2. Ensuring that birth attendants have resources to enable them to practice efficiently in their daily care 1 Providing education programmes for birth attendants at four skill levels

3. Auditing facilities for emergency obstetric care and providing essential resources where possible

4. Supporting the PNG Midwives’ Society to ensure that registered midwives have opportunity to be seen as a professional body of nurses.

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