Jhpiego
Jhpiego is an international nonprofit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. Jhpiego draws on its technical expertise and extensive experience in the field—as well as the creativity and science of The Johns Hopkins University—to prevent the needless deaths of women and their families. For more than 35 years, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services for women and their families. With nearly 700 employees currently working in more than 54 countries, Jhpiego puts evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, breaking down barriers to high-quality health care for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Jhpiego's technical expertise lies in the areas of maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health, cervical cancer prevention and treatment, and infectious disease.
As part of its work in maternal health, Jhpiego spearheaded the development of global policy regarding postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), the number one killer of women in childbirth. By advocating at the highest levels, by developing clear and practical policies, by galvanizing in-country champions, by persuading professional associations to be more accountable, and by empowering communities and community workers, Jhpiegoand its partners successfully increased attention and investment in the goal to eliminate PPH as the leading cause of maternal death.
Jhpeigo has maternal and newborn health programs in more than 25 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Jhpeigo collaborations focus on an expanding range of critical technical interventions - drawing on our clinical expertise in obstetrics/gynecology, midwifery and newborn health-including:
- Increased access to and use of skilled providers to deliver maternal and newborn care - the single most important intervention in saving live.
- Increased access to and use of basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care, helping to ensure that the approximately 15% of births that develop complications are promptly identified and managed.
- Prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage and prolonged/obstructed labor.
Additional information on Jhpiego’s work can be found at: http://www.jhpiego.org
Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Study West Java, Indonesia