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Caesarean Section - Module 1 - Introduction and Preparation for Surgery
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is an introduction to the topic, and is followed by five more modules which cover surgery, complications and post-operative care. A series of six modular films has been made so that medical staff involved in maternity care can ...
8 mins
How to use the ultrasound probe
Video from Medical Aid Films
Learning the orientation of the ultrasound probe is considered to be the most challenging part of learning to scan. This animation is used in conjunction with other formal training to improve the proficiency, uptake and understanding of scanning.
13 mins
Prevention and Management of PPH
Video from Medical Aid Films
PPH, or excessive bleeding after delivery, accounts for a third of all maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, although it is widely preventable and treatable. This film reinforces how to both prevent and manage a PPH in the most common of ...
22 mins
Manual Removal of the Placenta
Video from Medical Aid Films
The film will speak about what retained placenta is, why it is important to be removed and the essential steps that need to be undertaken. Animation teaches the technique of the procedure much more effectively, showing how one hand is ...
16 mins
How to use the Partograph
Video from Medical Aid Films
A vital tool for the care of every woman in labour. Correct use of the partograph can help prevent and manage prolonged or obstructed labour and serious complications, including ruptured uterus, obstetric fistula, and stillbirth.
16 mins
How babies are made
Video from Medical Aid Films
This is a film aimed at early teens and young adults. It describes what puberty is and how babies are made using a mixture of animation and expert advice as well as from vox-pops from young men and women in ...
10 mins
How to plan a pregnancy
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is aimed at young adults and presents the various methods available to plan a pregnancy.Many women across Africa are denied the right to make informed decisions regarding their bodies and fertility. Education on basic reproductive health and the ...
10 mins
Is your child sick? Malaria?
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film focuses on identifying malaria, and why it is important to seek help immediately.
8 mins
Is your child sick? Diarrhoea?
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film focuses on identifying diarrhoea, and why it is important to seek help immediately.
9 mins
Is your child sick? Pneumonia?
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film focuses on identifying pneumonia, and why it is important to seek help immediately.
7 mins
Pneumonia, Diahorrea and Malaria (Full Length)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is aimed at community health workers, parents and communities to teach them the important signs and symptoms to look for in a sick child and when and why they need to make sure they seek help as early ...
19 mins
How to Care for a newborn (full length)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film teaches the key steps to follow immediately after the delivery of a newborn in case it could not take place at a health centre. It insists on the importance of drying the baby and of early breastfeeding and ...
15 mins
Newborn Care: The first hours after delivery
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film teaches the key steps to follow immediately after the delivery of a newborn in case it could not take place at a health centre, as well as danger signs to look out for in the first few days ...
10 mins
Management of PPH - Low Resource Setting
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is intended for training Traditional Birth Attendants, community health workers and the general community on how to manage PPH when skilled health care is not available and they are therefore delivering outside of a health centre, but within ...
8 mins
Warning Signs in Pregnancy
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film aims to educate community members about the warning signs in pregnancy that they should be aware of, and the checks they should carry out, so that skilled obstetric care can be sought out as soon as possible in ...
12 mins
Importance of Focused Antenatal Care
Video from Medical Aid Films
The film describes what focused antenatal care (FANC) entails, including the importance of attending all your sessions & what to expect at each of the 4 standard visits. Women and partners need to understand not only the importance of antenatal ...
22 mins
Breastfeeding
Video from Medical Aid Films
Women of child bearing age, infants and young children are the most nutritionally vulnerable. Bringing knowledge of methods to improve diet to both health workers and the communities can save lives and prevent illness and stunting.There are currently 3 films ...
15 mins
What and when to feed your child
Video from Medical Aid Films
Women of child bearing age, infants and young children are the most nutritionally vulnerable. Bringing knowledge of methods to improve diet to both health workers and the communities can save lives and prevent illness and stunting.There are currently 3 films ...
14 mins
What pregnant women need to eat
Video from Medical Aid Films
Women of child bearing age, infants and young children are the most nutritionally vulnerable. Bringing knowledge of methods to improve diet to both health workers and the communities can save lives and prevent illness and stunting. There are currently 3 ...
11 mins
Cervical Cancer: Screening and Treatment Options
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film for skilled health workers will explain how many of these lives could be saved through screening, early detection, prevention and treatment.Every year half a million women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and over half of these women will ...
20 mins
