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The Trio Bridge Foundation, a charitable organisation based in the United Kingdom (UK) devoted to promoting maternal healthcare in developing countries, has organised a series of simulation training sessions for health workers in various hospitals in the country.
The training, which formed part of the foundation’s Ghana Mission 2018, involved the management of postpartum haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, maternal sepsis, obstructed labour, foetal surveillance in labouring women and human factors, teamwork and communication.
The training team consisted of a consultant obstetrician gynaecologist, consultant anaesthetists, an ICT and business applications consultant/certified trainer, a practice development & senior midwife, a district nurse specialist and a specialist registrar in obstetrics & gynaecology.
They rolled out the training at the 37 Military Hospital, Wenchi Methodist Hospital, Methodist Faith Healing Hospital and Physically Challenged Action Foundation Centre situated in Offinso-Maase in the Ashanti Region.
Dr. Bright Gyampoh, co-founder and a Ghanaian member of the foundation who doubles as a consultant in obstetrics and clinical director obstetrics at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital in the UK, said TRIO which stands for ‘Training for Improved Outcomes’ aims to improve and enhance both maternal and foetal health through teaching and hands-on targeted training.
“This involves working with maternity staff in the management of maternal emergencies and incorporates human factors, teamwork and communication into the day-to-day healthcare of mothers. It also utilises modern IT systems to capture data and analyse outcomes,” he explained.
He added, “These clinical situations we know contribute to about 70 per cent of maternal deaths in Ghana and we believe that with the wealth of local knowledge available, addition of such multi-professional sustainable training will reduce maternal mortality.”
Mr George Noi-Lartey, an information technology and business applications consultant and trainer with special interest in digital transformation using business applications to maximise efficiency and productivity also a co-founder, said there is evidence to suggest that regular multi-professional training has proven to be effective in reducing maternal and foetal mortality.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri