Our modules

Guiding principles:

Competency-focused

Simulation & case-based learning

Appropriately spaced, brief periods of content delivery

Team focused & facility based

Ongoing practice of skills after initial training

Tracking results

Helping Mothers Survive (HMS) and Helping Babies Survive (HBS) learning modules aim to increase essential obstetric and newborn care skills among midwives, nurses, doctors, and others who provide care during labor and birth. HMS and HBS modules consist of concise, two to-several day facility-based trainings, followed by short, frequent sessions to improve team performance. Often in low resource settings, the same provider cares for a woman and her newborn. By combining both training packages, health care providers are best able to provide high-quality, life-saving care to both women and newborns at this most critical time.