Pakistan ranks in the top 10% of countries with the worst infant mortality rates worldwide. Less than 50% of women receive the recommended minimum antenatal care of at least 4 visits during pregnancy. MedGlobal teamed up with the Indus Health Network, a nonprofit organization in Pakistan which provides free and accessible healthcare.
MedGlobal focused on creating an education and training program teaching use of point-of-care ultrasound to physicians, nurses, and midwives. To address the high infant mortality rate, we taught over 100 participants the Helping Babies Breathe technique, a course in which birth attendants develop skills they can utilize within the first minutes of life, including identification of a baby in danger and administration of life-saving measures. These local master trainers have gone on to teach multiple courses locally, further building capacity in rural areas. Finally, we developed our first Empathy and Compassion Training course where over 500 trainees attended.
March 20, 2020 In the midst of the deadly global COVID-19 pandemic, MedGlobal urges immediate and urgent action to support refugees, displaced persons, and the
Sustainable education; it is the purpose of the train-the-trainer model, which MedGlobal employs, through global partnerships, in developing countries and under-resourced areas.
This will be MedGlobal’s second Pakistan mission to train local medical providers at Indus Health Network. Training throughout the week will include Point of Care
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