We are happy to share the link to a new English / French animated resource for training:  Mini-Laparotomy for Tubal Ligation under Local Anesthesia (MLLA)

NEW FROM MSCP: Animated training video for Mini-Laparotomy for Tubal Ligation under Local Anesthesia (MLLA)

NOUVEL OUTIL DE MCSP: Animation de formation de La Mini-Laparotomie Sous Anesthésie Locale pour la Ligature des Trompes (version francaise ci-dessous)

USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) is excited to introduce our latest product – a collaboration with a JHU Graduate student in medical illustration, Erica Chin. The Family Planning team has developed an animated video which demonstrates the clinical skills for Mini-Laparotomy for Tubal Ligation under Local Anesthesia (MLLA).

This nine-minute video was developed as a learning resource for training health care workers in the MLLA procedure. It has been split up into nine chapters showing the steps of the process: preparation, use of the uterine elevator, administering local anesthesia, creating the mini-laparotomy, locating the fallopian tubes, grasping the fallopian tubes, tubal occlusion, closure of the mini-laparotomy, and post-operative care and instructions. Previously-trained providers may also use this video to refresh themselves before conducting the operation.

Find the video here – https://youtu.be/w-h9eFyNyNM

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Learn about Mini-Laparotomy for Tubal Ligation under Local Anesthesia (MLLA). See MCSP’s new training video here: https://youtu.be/w-h9eFyNyNM.

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Bonjour,

L’équipe de planification familiale du Programme USAID pour la survie de la mère et de l’enfant ( (MCSP) a conçu un nouvel outil de formation avec une étudiante diplômée en Illustration Médicale à l’Université Johns Hopkins, Erica Chin. Cette animation démontre la technique chirurgicale pour la mini-laparotomie sous anesthésie locale pour la ligature des trompes.

Cette vidéo de neuf minutes a été conçue comme outil de formation pour enseigner la procédure aux prestataires de santé. Elle contient neuf chapitres démontrant les étapes de la procédure: la préparation, utilisation de l’élévateur utérin, l’anesthésie locale, la mini-laparotomie, la localisation des trompes de Fallope, la saisie les trompes de Fallope, l’occlusion des trompes, la fermeture de la mini-laparotomie, et les soins post-opératoires et instructions. Les prestataires de santé formés peuvent aussi utiliser cette vidéo pour se rafraîchir avant d’effectuer l’opération.

Trouvez la vidéo ici- youtu.be/kkD2FYpp7rc

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S’il vous plaît contactez-moi si vous avez des questions supplémentaires.

Anne Pfitzer

Family Planning Team Leader

Maternal and Child Survival Program

USAID Grantee

1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20036

tel: 202.835.6072

www.mcsprogram.org

[Forwarded by] HIFA profile: Jean C Sack is a Public Health Informationist at Jhpiego – an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.      Jean.sack AT jhpiego.org

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Dear colleagues,

It is my pleasure to share with you the new WHO Framework on integrated people-centred health services website (http://www.who.int/servicedeliverysafety/areas/people-centred-care/en/), housed within the Service Delivery and Safety department at WHO headquarters.

 Why are we excited about the launch of this site?

 At the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly Member States officially adopted the Framework on integrated people-centred health services (IPCHS) and its supporting resolution, formally giving the WHO Secretariat the mandate to work across the organization to support the implementation, national adaptation and operationalization of the Framework. The new website aims to be a steward for the Framework – serving as an important medium for accessing information on the Framework, for sharing technical products and resources, and for communicating key news, events and activities taking place worldwide.

 Three sections to visit:

1. About the Framework – Development of the Framework, alignment with other WHO strategies, benefits of IPCHS
2. Implementation of the Framework – Strategies, policy options, interventions, and a “Call for Action on IPCHS” (*expected release date: December 2016)
3. IntegratedCare4People platform – A global network that invites practitioners and organizations to access and share operational and technical insights on how to transform health services to be more integrated and people-centred

 Contributions welcome!

 Are you or your colleagues transforming, or supporting the transformation of, health services to support the Framework on IPCHS? If so, we invite you to share your practices, reports, tools, and publications, as well as important news and activities on the IntegratedCare4People platform. For further discussion and collaboration on knowledge management and communications activities, please contact Stephanie Ngo ngost@who.int.

 Link to our website

We encourage you to link to our websites and support our dissemination efforts by sharing important and relevant news on your communications channels. (*Please note that the WHO IPCHS website is the official who.int website for the Framework, while the IntegratedCare4People platform is an online community that invites practitioners and organizations to access and share operational and technical insights on how to transform health services to be more integrated and people-centred.)

• WHO IPCHS Website: http://www.who.int/servicedeliverysafety/areas/people-centred-care/en/
• IntegratedCare4People platform: http://integratedcare4people.org/ (*Mobile version now available!)

Thank for your continued support on this important and exciting area of work. We look forward to continuing our collaborations with you in the months ahead.

With warm regards,

• Dr Hernan Montenegro
• Coordinator
• Services Organization and Clinical Interventions Unit
• Service Delivery and Safety Department
• World Health Organization
• Avenue Appia 20
• CH-1211 Geneva 27 – Switzerland
• +41 22 791 14 65 (Phone)
• +41 22 791 41 74 (FAX)
• montenegroh@who.int

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