Mama Hot Kolos

St John equipped with ‘Mama Hot Kolos’

The Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) is an intervention promoted by World Health Organisation (WHO) to reduce the number of deaths from postpartum hemorrhage or uncontrolled bleeding after child birth.

According to UNICEF, postpartum hemorrhage constitutes 47 percent of maternal deaths associated with childbirth in PNG. PNG has one of the highest maternal mortality rate in the world with one in 30 women dying during pregnancy.