Picture It: New Surgical Equipment Will Improve Maternal Health in Senegal

Picture It: New Surgical Equipment Will Improve Maternal Health in Senegal By , MNCH/FP Technical Advisor, USAID MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics Project in Senegal , , MEL Technical Advisor, USAID MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics Project in SenegalcbalesDecember 19, 2023December 19, 2023 12:00 PMOn December 6, the USAID MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics project (MOMENTUM Safe Surgery) donated five  Universal Anesthesia Machines to hospitals in Thi ès, Senegal, valued at approximately $117,000. The machines, which can run without electricity or medical oxygen, will improve equitable access to high-quality obstetric and family planning surgeries–including routine and emergency cesarean deliveries and peripartum hysterectomy–for nearly 600 ,000 women of reproductive age in the region.Maternal and Newborn Health
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