DKT WomanCare Global: Erasing unsafe abortion to reduce maternal mortality
This webinar is part of Omnia Health Live Africa. To register you have to register for Omnia Health Live Africa. Once registered the session will be added to your calendar automatically.
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Wednesday 14th October 2020
07:00PM CAT
Venue: Omnia Health Live Africa - Industry Talks room
Overview
Unsafe abortion is among the main causes of maternal death, killing about 47,000 women every year in the world. While South Africa has one of the most progressive abortion laws in the world, the Health Promotion Research and Development Unit of the Medical Research Council estimated that 50% of abortions still occur outside designated health facilities. Unsafe abortions contribute to maternal mortality and morbidity, and treating complications from unsafe abortions burdens public and private health facilities. Misinformation, cultural stigmas, and too few facilities providing abortion services are the major challenges South African women face when seeking abortion care. Hence, increasing access to safe, affordable, and discreet abortion methods like manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) through task shifting and basic skills training should be a priority for health facilities.
Learning objectives
By the end of the session, participants will learn about:
- The advantages of the MVA for both healthcare facilities and women
- How to perform a uterine evacuation using an MVA
- Assembling and disassembling an MVA
- How to process and reuse the Ipas MVA Plus®
Speaker
Dr. Eddie Mhlanga
Doctor
Department of Health, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Dr. Eddie Mhlanga is a member of the South African National Committee on the Confidential Enquiry of Maternal Death. He also serves on the FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) Task Team on the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion. As director of Maternal, Child and Women’s Health for the Department of Health, Dr. Mhlanga was instrumental in helping implement the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (1996).
He is currently the Provincial Specialist of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Health for Mpumalanga province and is providing clinical care in a low resource setting.
This webinar is part of Omnia Health Live Africa. To register you have to register for Omnia Health Live Africa. Once registered the session will be added to your calendar automatically.
