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/
Prevention and Management of PPH
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Administration of Parenteral Antibiotics
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Infection during pregnancy and particularly following delivery is a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Therefore the availability and correct administration of parenteral antibiotics is extremely important. The film will demonstrates good practice of administration of the antibiotics for ...
11 mins
How babies are made
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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
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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?
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This film focuses on identifying malaria, and why it is important to seek help immediately.
8 mins
Is your child sick? Diarrhoea?
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This film focuses on identifying diarrhoea, and why it is important to seek help immediately.
9 mins
Is your child sick? Pneumonia?
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This film focuses on identifying pneumonia, and why it is important to seek help immediately.
7 mins
Pneumonia, Diahorrea and Malaria (Full Length)
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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)
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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
What to do if a newborn is not breathing
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This film is a shorter version of the How to care for a newborn full length film featured on this channel. It teaches the key steps to follow immediately after the delivery of a newborn who is not breathing in ...
9 mins
Newborn Care: The first hours after delivery
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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 - No Resource Setting
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This film is aimed at training Traditional Birth Attendants and community health workers in the management of PPH when delivery is not in a health centre and the nearest referral centre and access to skilled care is more than 3 ...
8 mins
Management of PPH - Low Resource Setting
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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
Steps to a clean delivery (cutting cord using a sterilized knife)
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This film follows Neema, a village birth attendant, while she helps to deliver a baby in a rural setting where there is no access to trained health workers. It teaches 10 steps to a clean delivery using a sterilised knife.Women ...
6 mins
Steps to a clean delivery (cutting cord using a new razor blade)
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This film follows Neema, a village birth attendant, while she helps to deliver a baby in a rural setting where there is no access to trained health workers. It teaches 10 key steps to a clean delivery using a new ...
6 mins
Warning Signs in Pregnancy
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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
