Clinical Officer
Taking a Heel Blood Sample
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows how to take a small sample of blood for lab tests from the side of the heel of a baby.
3 mins
The Cold Baby
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows the baby with a low body temperature: how to examine the baby, warm the baby, and determine if the baby is sick and needs referral (or, in cases where there is no referral option, how to treat ...
6 mins
Home Visit for Mother and Newborn
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows the important features of a home visit during the first week of life, integrating care of the baby and mother.
8 mins
The Hot Baby
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows the baby with a high body temperature: how to examine the baby, cool the baby, and determine if the baby is sick and needs referral (or, in cases where there is no referral option, how to treat ...
6 mins
Thrush
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows what thrush looks like and how to treat it with two options: gentian violet and nystatin.
3 mins
Newborn Physical Exam
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film demonstrates a newborn physical exam. It shows 3 parts: observation, vital signs, and the head-to-toe exam. It also shows normal variations and abnormal findings.
8 mins
Preparing Injectable Medicines
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows how to use a dosing guideline and how to prepare and draw up two commonly used antibiotics, ampicillin and gentamicin.
7 mins
Preparing Oral Medicines
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows how to use a dosing guideline and how to prepare an oral suspension, along with tips for giving medicine by mouth to a young baby.
8 mins
Preparing the Birth Room
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows the supplies to have ready to prepare for a birth.
5 mins
Referring a Sick Baby
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows the essential features of a referral process. It covers involving the family, arranging transport, preparing the baby for the journey, and writing the referral note. It also includes what to do if referral is not an option.
5 mins
Warning Signs in Newborns
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film features 10 major warning signs that will help families with early recognition of serious newborn problems–key to getting timely care and saving babies’ lives.
9 mins
Umbilical Infections
Video from Global Health Media Project
This film shows how to evaluate the baby with an umbilical infection, how to differentiate a mild infection from a severe one, and how to treat the mild case and refer all severe cases to a higher-level facility.
7 mins
Steps to a Normal Delivery
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is an adaptation of our original 'Safe delivery' film with added voiceover.
6 mins
Respectful Maternity Care
Video from Medical Aid Films
The film highlights seven points in White Ribbon Alliance’s Universal Rights of Childbearing Women Charter, and will be used as part of a Respectful Maternity Care package developed to ensure engagement and support for healthcare providers to provide Respectful Maternity ...
7 mins
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
Neonatal Resuscitation
Video from Medical Aid Films
Birth asphyxia is responsible for a quarter of all perinatal deaths, and immediate care of the newborn is vital to ensuring its survival and ongoing health. This film demonstrates correct delivery and care of a newborn and how to resuscitate ...
20 mins
Focused Antenatal Care (FANC) Community Education
Video from Medical Aid Films
It is vital that a woman attends and receives ante-natal care, to help ensure that her pregnancy results in the delivery of a healthy baby without impairing the mother’s health. The film describes the 4 standard antenatal visits (FANC, introduced ...
15 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
