Health workers equipped to tackle preventable matern

Health workers have been equipped with essential surgical and emergency obstetric skills to improve the management of complications during pregnancy and childbirth and reduce preventable maternal deaths. Dr Basil Bwambale, an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, said the training was intended to re-equip health workers with basic surgical skills needed to safely manage obstetric and gynaecological emergencies. "This is a training that is majorly meant to re-equip the health workforce with essential basic surgical skills to ensure that the obstetric and maternal health services we offer in different communities are safe," he said. The training was conducted by Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in collaboration with the Local Maternity and Neonatal Networks and Amref Health Africa-Uganda. It focused on Essential Operative Obstetrics, with emphasis on safe surgery, anaesthesia and obstetric procedures.