Medical Aid Films
Medical Aid Films aims to save the lives of vulnerable women and children in developing countries by providing innovative training and education through film.
Website: http://medicalaidfilms.org/
Healthy Eating During Pregnancy (Runyoro language)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film explains how women can eat healthily during their pregnancy to ensure their own health and that of their child.
Safe Surgery Using the WHO Checklist
Video from Medical Aid Films
A film using the WHO safe surgery checklist.
13 mins
Mr. Tembo Comes Clean! Hand Washing in Communities
Video from Medical Aid Films
A film designed to teach the importance of hand washing in communities.
6 mins
Hand Washing at Hospitals
Video from Medical Aid Films
A film in Hausa designed to teach the importance of hand washing in hospitals.
9 mins
Diabetes in Pregnancy: Stories from Saint Lucia
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is about gestational diabetes (diabetes that affects women during pregnancy). It tells the stories of two women and their pregnancies, looking at how diabetes affected them and their babies during pregnancy and how to reduce the risk of ...
20 mins
Understanding Family Planning (short) - SE Asia
Video from Medical Aid Films
This is a film for teenagers and young adults, explaining the different methods of contraception available for family planning. This film is for use in community health education
6 mins
Understanding warning signs in pregnancy (short) - SE Asia
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film explains the key signs to look out for in pregnancy which may indicate that something is wrong and what to do if this happens and further care is needed. This film is for use in community health education
5 mins
Understanding Family Planning (short)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This is a film for teenagers and young adults, explaining the different methods of contraception available for family planning. This film is for use in community health education
6 mins
Understanding warning signs in pregnancy (short)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film explains the key signs to look out for in pregnancy which may indicate that something is wrong and what to do if this happens and further care is needed. This film is for use in community health education.
5 mins
Understanding healthy eating during pregnancy (short) - SE Asia
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film explains how women can eat healthily during their pregnancy to ensure their own health and that of their child. This film is for use in community health education
5 mins
Steps to a Normal Delivery - SE Asia
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is an adaptation of our original 'Safe delivery' film with added voiceover.
6 mins
Understanding healthy eating during pregnancy (short)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film explains how women can eat healthily during their pregnancy to ensure their own health and that of their child. This film is for use in community health education
5 mins
How to use chlorhexidine for umbilical cord care
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film explains how to provide care for a newborn baby and demonstrates how to effectively use the antiseptic, chlorhexidine, to provide safe umbilical cord care after birth as recommended by the World Health Organisation. This film is for use ...
5 mins
Obstructed Labour: An Introduction for Midwives
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film explains what obstructed labour is, how it can be identified and managed. This film is for use in midwife training
11 mins
A Training Film for Fistula Nurses
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film shows how to care for patients before and after surgery for obstetric fistula. It covers four key areas in pre and post-operative care: advocacy, detection, intervention and communication. This film is for use in nurse training
10 mins
Growing Up
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is about the physical and emotional changes that take place during puberty. It follows a peer educator in Kenya who works with young adults to share knowledge about sexual health. This film is for use in community health ...
5 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
