International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Prevention and Treatment of Post-Partum Haemorrhage 

The prevention and treatment of post-partum haemorrhage  is a major ongoing collaborative FIGO activity with The International Confederation of Midwives, and a number of documents have either been issued by, or endorsed by, the Federation.

These include:

ICM/FIGO Joint Statement - Prevention and Treatment of Post-Partum Haemorrhage: New Advances for Low Resource Settings (November 2006)

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Dorothy Shaw, Past-President

ICM/FIGO Joint Statement - Management of the Third Stage of Labour to Prevent Post-Partum Haemorrhage (November 2003) 

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ICM/FIGO Global Initiative on the Prevention of Post-Partum Haemorrhage - Ten Key Action Points (November 2003)

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Resources

PowerPoint Presentations

To facilitate the promotion of the Joint Statement on Management of the Third Stage of Labour to Prevent Post-Partum Haemorrhage, PowerPoint presentations have been developed which can be used by local associations and adapted where appropriate.

ICM/FIGO Global Initiative on the Prevention of Post-Partum Haemorrhage - Ten Key Action Points

Collaborative Approach Presentation

Medical Approach to the Prevention and Management of Third Stage of Labour

Surgical Approach for the Treatment of Post-Partum Haemorrhage

Toolkit

A toolkit and other resources have also been developed by POPPHI (Prevention of Post-Partum Haemorrhage Initiative) which is available on their website: www.pphprevention.org

The toolkit is designed to provide useful, practical information and materials for health providers so that they can prevent post-partum hemorrhage through active management of the third stage of labor. It also advocates for necessary policy change to assure that active management of the third stage of labor is available to all pregnant women.