November 17 is World Prematurity Day. PRONTO celebrates and honors the healthcare providers and families who care for and believe in these babies today and everyday. You can read more about PRONTO's work on the Preterm Birth Initiative in Kenya and Uganda at the link below. We're proud to have been part of a set of interventions that made such a significant difference in the survival of preterm babies.
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PRONTO International was awarded Maternal Health QuickFire Challenge by the Johnson & Johnson Office of the Chief Medical Officer Women’s Health team and Johnson & Johnson Innovation
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Promising outcomes on preterm survival from the Preterm Birth Initiative's work in East Africa were recently published by Lancet Global Health. PRONTO was honored to be a part of this work in Kenya and Uganda.
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As a global maternal health organization, we want to shout our solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Please read more about the way we are amplifying the voices of US-based organizations working on birth justice for Black Mothers.
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PRONTO International aims to support frontline providers who are bravely maintaining essential maternal and newborn care in communities across the world. Visit our dedicated COVID-19 page to learn more and access our simulation resources.
read morePRONTO International aims to optimize care during birth. We develop and implement innovative training strategies that act as a catalyst for health care providers to make individual, team, and system changes.
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PRONTO offers an evidence-based approach to obstetric and neonatal emergency training. We show significant improvements in both process and impact measures related to obstetric and neonatal emergency care across countries and setting we train.
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More than 7000 providers trained in 13 countries through 2019.
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More than 150 PRONTO trainers and PRONTO master trainers trained in Mexico, Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, India and the United States
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Average self-efficacy score improvement in participants post-PRONTO training
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PRONTO promoted more than 60% goal achievement from strategic planning sessions in sites trained, measured Mod I to Mod II
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Lower risk of hospital-based neonatal mortality (in the intervention group at 8 months post-training intervention)
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Risk of cesarean delivery decreased at 12 months post intervention
We know that simulation is an effective learning strategy, but highly realistic birth simulation has been prohibitively expensive and complex. The PRONTOPack™ birth Simulation Kit and the PartoPants™ birth simulator are game changers. PRONTO uses low-tech, low-cost tools to make simulation affordable and available in any setting.
We know that simulation is an effective learning strategy, but highly realistic birth simulation has been prohibitively expensive and complex. The PRONTOPack™ birth Simulation Kit and the PartoPants™ birth simulator are games changes. PRONTO uses low-tech, low-cost tools and locally available materials to make simulation affordable and available in any setting.
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PartoPants™ are a modified pair of surgical scrub pants worn by an actress (simulated patient) outfitted with a vagina, a urethra, a rectum and other anatomic landmarks. PartoPants™ are a game changer as they make it easy to setup and run a birth simulation in any setting, anywhere.
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