Maternal Health

PCIH has worked as a consultant in the design and implementation of interventions that improve maternal health outcomes and lower maternal mortality and morbidity. Beginning with a successful pilot program in the Guatemalan highlands in 2016, PCIH is positioned to assist governments and organizations seeking to address Maternal Mortality.

Partnering with The World Bank, Princeton Center for International Health was able to launch this most promising project, leading to even better results.

Global Partnerships Producing Results

PCIH in Partnership with the NGO Mayan Traditions Foundation, completed Cervical Cancer Prevention/Detection Classrooom instruction for their Midwives from Various highland regions in Guatemala.

August 2018

Reducing Maternal Deaths in Solola, Guatemala

A pilot training program for indigenous midwives (comadronas), aimed at strengthening their capacity to identify women with high-risk pregnancies and to refer them to hospitals, was developed and implemented in seven towns around Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. . The training was conducted in the women’s indigenous language of Tzutujil, and the creation of visual training materials on high-risk pregnancy indicators to accompany the workshops are now being utilized and distributed in training offered by the Reproductive Health Department at the Hospital of Sololá.

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