http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2331 Comments for "Life Wrap for post-partum women" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2331 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Women&#039;s Global Health Imperative<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-image-32"><br /> <img alt="Life Wrap for post-partum women" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/lifewrap_small.jpg" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.wghi.org/research/nasg.htm" TARGET="_blank">http://www.wghi.org/research/nasg.htm</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> Maternal mortality is responsible for over 500,000 deaths globally every year. Obstetric hemorrhage contributes to the greatest proportion of maternal deaths and, in developing regions of the world, women die because there are often long delays between the occurrence of hemorrhage and treatment. <br /><br /> Funded by a MacArthur Foundation grant, the Women's Global Health Imperative is studying whether the "Life Wrap," a simple neoprene and Velcro device (much like the bottom half of a wet suit), may fill this deadly time delay. <br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2331">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2331#comment BOP Technology Activity Health Activity Global Active Consumer Egypt International Agency Funded Mexico Nigeria Non-profit Activity Philanthropy Funded University Funded Latin America North Africa and Near East Sub-Saharan Africa Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:09:55 -0500 _Alex Bloom 2331 at http://www.nextbillion.net