Reducing Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria

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Reducing Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria
WE CARE Womens Emergency Communication and
Reliable Electricity Laura Stachel, School of
Public Health
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Why Nigeria?

• 11 of the worlds maternal deaths
• gt1100 deaths per 100,000 live births
• Lifetime risk of dying as high as 1 in 13

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The Three Delays

• Home Transport Hospital

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Labor and Delivery
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Operating Theatre
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Life Threatening Delays
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Inadequate Lighting
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WE CAREWomens Emergency Communication and
Reliable Electricity

• Solar Electricity to
• .provide reliable lighting
• .enable mobile communication
• .power equipment

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Operating Room Design
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Solar Suitcase

• Immediately Operational
• Portable
• Economical
• Safe

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Demonstration to Hospital Staff
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Impact of LED light Medical Documentation
Before
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Medical DocumentationWith LED Headlamps
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Impact of LED lightNursing Care
Before After
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Impact of LED lightsSurgical Care
Before After
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Testing Two-way Radios
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Improved Care

• Improved Communication
• Immediate Contact
• Reduced Delays
• Patient Status Updates
• Less Referrals Out
• Improved Lighting
• Increased Visibility
• Increased Ease of Procedures
• Increased Safety

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Future Directions.

• Install permanent PV system in hospital
• Install blood bank refrigerator
• Purchase two-way radios and LED
  headlamps
• Develop solar suitcase model
• Scale up to other facilities

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Special Thanks to Our Funders

• Big Ideas _at_ Berkeley
• Blum Center for Developing Economies
• -Bixby Program in Population, Family Planning
  Maternal Health