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AMTSL

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AMTSLActive Management of the Third Stage of Labor (childbirth)


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Some individual providers have adopted AMTSL or adapted it to their practice realities even though it has not yet been made the standard of care in the institution.
Given that postpartum haemorrhage is the largest cause of maternal death worldwide and that active management of the third stage of labour (AMTSL) is an appropriate and cost-effective practice, POPPHI provides technical and administrative support for the implementation of the Special Initiative with the aim of increasing the use of AMTSL as primary prevention of the most important cause of maternal mortality.
In the afternoon all participants spent two hours discussing the technique of AMTSL and the ICM/FIGO Global Initiative on the prevention of PPH.
 
 
 
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