Helping Mothers Survive in Togo

Today our LDS Humanitarian Services team taught Helping Mothers Survive to over a hundred midwives and doctors in 2 groups here in Atakpamé, Togo. We used the mannequins to test the participants on their response to maternal hemorrhage. The mannequins have a reservoir that can be filled with water which we can dye red to simulate blood. Then the person wearing the "MamaNatalie" apparatus (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EgPIcIus4o) can adjust the amount of bleeding based on how the provider responds to the emergency. We drilled them over and over again. I think they will now be more prepared to respond to OB emergencies!

At the end of the day, we distributed participation certificates and "MamaNatalie" teaching kits for the various hospitals. The kit is designed as a backpack so that they can carry it back to their hospitals and keep everything together. There is even a pocket for the flipchart.