In 2011, USAID and partners launched the first \"grand challenge\" for maternal

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In 2011, USAID and partners launched the first "grand challenge" for maternal and child health called “Saving Lives at Birth."

The same year, the WHO Innovation Working Group published a thematic report on maternal and child health innovation entitled “The same year, the WHO Innovation Working Group published a thematic report on maternal and child health innovation entitled “Innovating for Every Woman, Every Child (Links to an external site.)”. Since then, a number of great resources for MCH innovation have been developed, including the Center for Health Market Innovations (Links to an external site.) and Maternova (Links to an external site.).

Examine resources like these and identify one promising safe motherhood innovation to share with the class.

Part I: Answer the following questions:

1. Describe the innovation you identified in enough detail for someone outside the field of MCH to understand.

2. Describe the maternal health issue it addresses AND how this innovation will help to improve maternal health.

3. How do you think this intervention can be implemented to reach those who need it most (i.e., think about health equity approaches we discussed earlier in the semester)? What population does this innovation target?

Explanation / Answer

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary.

(Answer) The Continuous Positive Airway Pressure device – Generally, one in ten babies are born with trouble breathing. Also, premature babies tend to struggle with breathing in the initial stages. Sometimes, this problem might occur when the baby is already discharged with the mother. If such a breathing issue were to occur at home, it would be pivotal to get the necessary medical help as soon as possible.

In such a situation, this continuous positive airway device would be quite nifty indeed. Since it isn’t too big, it is easily portable. This device could be given to a parent with a child who has breathing issues for a while. A parent could keep this device at home just until the child is doing well. After which, it could be returned to the hospital. This is the same for other equipment like crutches, wheelchairs etc. that are used only until the problem is overcome.

This invention is useful for mothers who also might suffer from post-partum depression, PTSD, blood pressure issues etc. It is a simple breathing apparatus that would help the mother and child overcome breathing issues until the appropriate medical help can be found.

This can be used in middle and low-income areas too. The pump used to be a whopping $6000. However, Rice University researchers have developed the same device using an aquarium pump and a water bottle to relieve the air pressure. This invention has already shown great results in Malawi.

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