Low-Cost Modes Of Awareness For Safe Birth Among Women Of Rural Remote Regions

Abstract

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are the key workers who should have the knowledge and skills regarding specific tasks to make women aware of safe birth methods. Modalities need to be made to create awareness among the rural population so that preventable conditions such as prolonged labour, obstructed labour, and rupture of the uterus can be addressed. Modest means of modalities must be available for the resource-poor countries, especially in rural regions, that are feasible and sustainable. Making women aware of safe birth in a simple way is a challenge, but the challenge provides opportunities and directions for out-of-the-box thinking. The present article is about sharing simple modalities that are feasible, sustainable, and useful. Simple, low-cost modalities made of hospital waste, clay, and play items were used. Small moulds were made out of acrylic, soft, small, and pliable balls to show the soft head of a preterm baby, and the big hard head was used to show a post-term baby trying to come out of the pelvic girdle. This was shown using balls and bangles. This is feasible, sustainable, and easy to explain.