Team Leader: Dr. Moris Baluku
Overview:
This Grand Round session will focus on Painless delivery: A myth or reality in Uganda? This will be led by Dr. Moris Baluku, a lecturer at Mbarara University of Science and Technology Department of Anesthesia and Critical care and offers service at Mbarara Regional Referral hospital.
Target Audience:
This session is intended for Medical students, Anesthesiogist, general practitioners, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of women.
Painless delivery: A myth or reality in Uganda? Labor pains are one of the most excruciating pains that can ever be experienced by parturients. Labor analgesia/pain relief is one of the highly sought-after services by mothers during labor and in preparation for labor to alleviate this pain. Its utilization in high income countries range from 50-90% in obstetric units versus 1.3-12% in low- income countries.
A painless delivery is actually achievable by utilizing various forms both pharmacological and non-pharmacological even in the Ugandan setting. A descriptive study done in Uganda demonstrated that up to 87.7% of parturients desired analgesia in labor but awareness was low at 7%. This brought out the need for this service to be availed in our setting.
A painless delivery can be a reality. Let’s educate the mothers and caregivers about the various options, benefits and risks to increase awareness, utilization of this service and improve overall labor experience.
Moderator: Dr. Moris Baluku
Program
- Prayer
- Introduction of the presenters
- First presenter, Dr. Atala Etoku Christine will introduce the topic (Labor epidural analgesia)
- Video testimony
- Other presenters
- Questions from the audience
- Concluding remarks
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Meeting ID: 941 5072 9429
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