Dispensary Corner 13 Aug 15
August 13, 2015
Scientists from the UK’s
University of Manchester have
created a unique training program
for midwives in Africa.
It’s a board game called
Progression, created by the
university’s School of Nursing and
Midwifery, which aims to help
reduce the rates of women dying
in childbirth.
It’s been designed to help the
midwives use a “partograph”
- a special chart which records
heart rate, blood pressure and
temperature, and which is used to
detect problems during labour.
Project leader Professor Dame
Tina Lavender said midwives
often struggle to use the chart to
make decisions which could help
improve outcomes.
As players move around the
board they land on spaces which
trigger a random question which
they must answer correctly, using
the chart, in order to keep moving.
A pilot program involving 165
midwives in east Africa was well
received, with Lavender saying
“the crucial benefit of using this
game is that it allows midwives
to make mistakes without
endangering lives”.
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