{"id":41342,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/Kanga","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/Kanga","latest":{"id":1267515,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T13:45:04Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Kanga.png|thumb]]\n\n{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Maternal mortality\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| scope = Commercialized\n| made = No\n| replicated = No\n| manufacturer-location = Tanzania\n}}\n\nPostpartum hemorrhaging is one of the most severe causes of maternal mortality. PPH (Postpartum hemorrhaging) rates in the developed worlds have severely decreased, but they are still a great threat in developing countries. The World Health Organization suggests that there are over 100,000 deaths due to postpartum hemorrhaging every year.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nKanga, a type of fabric made of cotton commonly used by African women, is rectangular (100cm × 155 cm) in shape. Two pieces of kanga (with a mentioned size) soaked in blood estimate the threshold for blood loss more than 500 ml. Hence, kanga can be used a measurement tool to estimate PPH [3].\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed and manufactured by:\n\nWomen from rural Africa, primarily Tanzania.\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\n== Funding Source ==\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Peer-reviewed publication ===\n\n* [https://www.appropedia.org Example External URL]\n\n=== Other internally generated reports ===\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\nPrata, N., G. Mbaruku, and M. Campbell, Using the kanga to measure postpartum blood loss. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2005. 89(1): p. 49-50.\n\n=== IP and copyright ===\n\n=== Approval by regulatory bodies or standards boards ===\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}