Fistula Orientations for Health Workers and Community Members

2012

Project: Fistula Care Project

Publisher: IntraHealth International

Date: 2012

Description: This course was developed to train health workers in Ethiopia on obstetric fistula prevention, identification, and pre-repair care. It contains a facilitator's manual, a participant handbook, ten modules, a variety of visual aids, and supplementary handouts. It also includes materials to orient community leaders about safe motherhood and obstetric fistula.

Click to view resource: Facilitators Handbook [PDF 796KB] - English

Click to view resource: Participant Handbook [PDF 603KB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 1: Introduction [PDF 676KB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 2: Overview of safe motherhood and global maternal morbidity and mortality [PDF 704KB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 3: Female reproductive system [PDF 829KB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 4: Essential components of antenatal care and emergency obstetric care [PDF 707KB] - English

Click to view resource: Cards for facilitators (including birth preparedness, complication readiness and recognition of danger signs) [PDF 68.6KB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 5: Prevention of prolonged/obstructed labor (including use of the partograph) [PDF 1.24MB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 6: Obstetric fistula—definition, causes and contributing factors, and impact on affected women [PDF 1.21MB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 7: Obstetric fistula—identification and diagnosis [PDF 1.25MB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 8: Pre-repair care and referral for women with obstetric fistula [PDF 1.04MB] - English

Click to view resource: Module 9: Principles of postoperative care and reintegration of women after obstetric fistula surgical repair [PDF 682KB] - English