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New WHO-led guidelines introduce 51 evidence-based recommendations to improve early detection and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage, which causes nearly 45,000 deaths yearly.
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Africa: Global Health Agencies Issue New Recommendations to Help End Deaths From Postpartum Haemorrhage
Press Release - Through landmark new guidelines released today, leading reproductive health agencies are calling for a major shift in how postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is prevented, diagnosed and treated. The recommendations highlight the urgent need for earlier detection and faster intervention - steps that could save the lives of tens of thousands of women each year.
Some 45,000 women die each year worldwide from postpartum hemorrhage, the leading complication after childbirth. This figure, along with other agencies, is aimed at reducing…
Global health agencies issue new recommendations to help end deaths from postpartum haemorrhage
Through landmark new guidelines released today, leading reproductive health agencies are calling for a major shift in how postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is prevented, diagnosed and treated. The recommendations highlight the urgent need for earlier detection and faster intervention – steps that could save the lives of tens of thousands of women each year.Defined as excessive bleeding after childbirth, PPH affects millions of women annually and caus…
Some 45,000 women die each year worldwide from postpartum hemorrhage, the main complication after giving birth, a figure that the World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies hope to reduce by launching new recommendations for the healthcare professionals who care for them. The new guidelines, also published by the specialized journal "The Lancet," advise, for example, that health professionals act when blood loss exceeds 300 milliliters, …
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