Emergency Obstetric Care Materials Now Available 
(November 2003)

Over the past 2 years, the Maternal and Neonatal Health Program (MNH) Program has been working with Columbia University’s Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program to develop comprehensive courseware, as well as site assessment and followup tools for Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC). The courseware and tools—Emergency Obstetric Care for Doctors and Midwives and Anesthesia for Emergency Obstetric Care for Doctors and Midwives—are now available on Reproline at: Emergency Obstetric Care for Doctors and Midwives. Please contact Elizabeth Kizzier (ekizzier@jhpiego.net) for more information.

Also available from the MNH Program, is the Emergency Obstetrics Care Quick Reference Guide for Front Line Providers, a pocket-sized booklet designed to help the front line healthcare provider recognize and respond to obstetric emergencies. Based on the World Health Organization manual Managing Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth (WHO 2000), the Quick Reference Guide provides information to help the provider diagnose the problem, stabilize the woman, and arrange for transport to the nearest facility capable of managing and treating the complication. A limited number of copies of the Guide will be available free of charge in English, French, and Spanish. Please contact Ann Blouse (ablouse@jhpiego.net) for additional information or to place an order. 

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