Publications by authors named "Lusako Mwaikasu"
Access to training and education in novel surgical and medical techniques is challenging in low-and- middle income settings where the burden of maternal morbidity and mortality is highest. Video-based education tools are cost effective and sustainable, and enable clinicians, even those based in rural, remote settings, to develop new skills, to improve the quality of care delivered to their patients. This is illustrated by the case of a clinician in Tanzania who successfully performed a transabdominal cerclage on two patients, after studying a video our team developed describing the technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mens'attendance with their pregnant partners at facility-based antenatal care (ANC) visits is important for maternal and child health and gender equality yet remains uncommon in parts of rural Tanzania. This study examined men's perspectives on attending ANC with their pregnant partners in Misungwi District, Tanzania.
Methods: Twelve individual interviews and five focus group discussions were conducted using semi-structured questionnaires with fathers, expectant fathers, and in-depth interviews were done to health providers, volunteer community health workers, and village leaders.
Objectives: To describe a simulation-based rater training curriculum for Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) for clinician-based training for frontline staff caring for mothers and babies in rural Tanzania.
Background: Rater training for OSCE evaluation is widely embraced in high-income countries but not well described in low-income and middle-income countries. Helping Babies Breathe, Essential Care for Every Baby and Bleeding after Birth are standardised training programmes that encourage OSCE evaluations.