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Reinhard Henssler

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Henschler is Director of the Institute of Transfusion Medicine at University Hospital Leipzig, Germany, and a leading transfusion medicine researcher.

Oct 5, 2026

10:52
So Reinhard, which paper did you select for discussion today?
10:57
Well, I selected a systematic review by Jasneet Kaur and Sheela Upendra.
11:02
Um, it is, and it's, and a meta-analysis which addresses the efficacy of nurse-led interventions in decreasing maternal mortality and enhancing maternal health outcomes.
11:15
This includes all work that was found between, uh, in the last 10 years, between 2015 and 2025, which include pregnant, laboring, postpartum women who are receiving care in low resource or middle income countries.
11:31
And the intervention of interest is, uh, anything that is nurse-led or nurse and midwife-led as a maternal health service.
11:41
Actually, uh, therefore excludes services by physicians, um, or no interventions.
11:49
But it includes things like maternal health education, community outreach, home visit programs, emergency obstetric care, or birth preparedness initiatives.
12:27
So what did they find?

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