WHO's new postpartum haemorrhage diagnostic criteria with Nicole Minckas

Each year an estimated 27 million women have postpartum haemorrhage, resulting in 43 000 deaths annually. In 2025, WHO introduced new diagnostic criteria based on objectively measured blood loss of 300 mL or more with any abnormal haemodynamic sign, or 500 mL or more, whichever occurs first within 24 h after birth. Dr Nicole Minckas (University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia) joins Ben to discuss the findings of a new mixed-methods study done in six (Colombia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Thailand) countries assessing the acceptability, feasibility, and roll out of the new criteria. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanogw/article/PIIS3050-5038(26)00115-9/fulltext