Exploring Group Antenatal Care in Low-Resource Settings
Posted onResearch in high-income countries has shown that compared to the traditional one-on-one model of antenatal care (ANC), group ANC can offer positive health outcomes. To address the evidence gap in low-resource settings, researchers recently developed a “generic” model of group ANC for low- and middle-income countries and conducted a feasibility study in urban India…read more
Prevalence and factors associated with underutilization of antenatal care services in Nigeria: A comparative study of rural and urban residences based on the 2013 Nigeria demographic and health survey
Posted onInternational Day of the Midwife: How Integrating Midwifery Care Can Improve Maternal and Newborn Health
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The Maternal Health Task Force recently had the pleasure of interviewing Saraswathi Vedam, Principal Investigator, Birth Place Lab, and Associate Professor, Division of Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia about her innovative study assessing the integration of midwifery across the United States…read more
Pain of low-income women accessing gynaecologists in Kenya
Posted onWhy Community Health Workers Can Lead to More Respectful Care for Women and Girls
Posted onWhile many research and program initiatives focus on new innovations for advancing improvements in maternal and newborn health, the truth is that even today, basic access to health services can save lives and reduce mortality and morbidity in women and children. This is where community health workers come in…read more
Designing for scale: Optimising the health information system architecture for mobile maternal health messaging in South Africa (MomConnect)
Posted onMidwifery, maternal, family planning reports launched
Posted onMental health care for new mums ‘needs work’
Posted onWhen Home Birth Is Not a Choice
Posted onWhile advocacy efforts around home birth—typically in high-income countries—tend to center on women’s rights to choose where they will have their babies, it is important to remember that home birth is not always a choice. Particularly in low-resource settings, women sometimes deliver at home not because they want to, but because they have to…read more