Gabon/Delivery : First international days of obstetrics gynecology at the CHUL
Under the theme "Giving birth in Africa in 2021", the University Hospital of Libreville (CHUL) is organizing the first International Days of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Libreville (Jigol). The challenge of this scientific meeting, which brings together experts in the field from Africa and the West, is to bring African practitioners to identify developments in obstetric practice and share best practices.
Between the lack of means in maternity wards, insufficient staff and the increase in the number of women ready to give birth, childbirth in Africa is still a problem. To remedy this, the University Hospital of Libreville (CHUL), the Gabonese Society of Gynecology-Obstetrics and Reproduction (SGGOR) and theAssociation of Midwives of Gabon have decided to organize the International Days of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Libreville (Jigol) under the theme: "Giving birth in Africa in 2021".
"This is the first time that we are organizing in Libreville the first international days entirely dedicated to obstetrics and gynaecology.It is the first time that we organize in Libreville the first international days entirely dedicated toobstetrics and gynecology", said the president of the SGGOR, Prof. J. Pierre Ngou Mve Ngou according to whom, "many things are happening in the delivery rooms". With the Jigol, the idea is to make the concept of "caring motherhood" a reality, by ensuring that women who go to maternity hospitals to give birth find good people.The idea behind the Jigol is to make the concept of "caring motherhood" a reality, by ensuring that women who go to maternity hospitals to give birth find caring people who apply the right gestures and provide consistent support so that the births go well.
"We have chosen this theme because when we compare with what happens in the West, many things unfortunately do not work well in our country," said Professor Ngou Mve Ngou. If he said that these days aim to give a spotlight to the CHUL, Prof. Ngou Mve Ngou stressed that the idea is also to share with others, good practices. "Over the past thirty years, obstetrical practice has changed completely. It has become a demanding profession in areas as diverse as painless delivery, electronic labour monitoring and much more," he shared. "We can no longer continue to observe this evolution from afar, to bury our heads in the sand," he argued, saying that the challenge of this scientific meeting is to identify the high speed of technical and technological evolution like that of the West.
Mortality rates still high
In Gabon, said the resident representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), too many women still die in childbirth and many newborns do not survive beyond the first week because of lack of quality care. In concrete terms, the maternal mortality rate is 316 per 100,000 live births; the infant mortality rate is 35 per 1,000 and the neonatal mortality rate is 20 per 1,000.The infant mortality rate is 35 per 1,000 and the neonatal mortality rate is 15 per 1,000," said Keita Ohashi, based on the latest available statistics. "This is huge. In the West, you will only have 10 to 15 women facing this event. That iswhy we wanted to give ourselves this moment to reflect and correct our practices to move towards better protection, safe delivery," commented the president of SGGOR.
With 9 years to go before the 2030 horizon set for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the technical expert representing the World Health Organization (WHO) recalled that all countries must report on their progress towards achieving the SDGs. Regarding MDG 3, in terms of childbirth, countries must not exceed 68 deaths per 100,000 live births. "We need to accelerate efforts. If the current ratios are consolidated, the expected target will not be reached in 2030," she warned, calling for innovation and the provision of competent, motivated resources, ready to provide care at any time.
Source: www.gabonreview.com
