WELBORN

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Improvement in PPH survival begins with the holistic strengthening of each step along the continuum of care in health care systems. With our device, we aim to contribute towards reducing the time frame taken to insert the balloon tamponade properly inside the patient in order to reduce maternal deaths due to postpartum haemorrhage.

Research

Research focused on women from Southern Asia and Sub- African nations.

UN Sustainabilty and Development Goals

Addressing issues affecting the health of women and achieve the goal of good health and well being by 2030.

Group Project

In a team of Five, we tackled the problems affecting

the well being of women

across nations.

Duration

The group project

was undertaken in the

span of 5 months.

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"Our device aims to reduce the time frame taken to insert the balloon tamponade inside the patient to reduce maternal deaths due to postpartum haemorrhage."

As the healthcare systems and other organizations worldwide continue with efforts to increase facility births, it is imperative that the quality of care also be improved by promoting

•Use of up-to-date guidelines and products.

•Ensuring regular training and mentoring for health care providers so that they adhere to the guidelines for the care of women during labour.