‘Living the rural experience-preparation for practice’: The future proofing of sustainable rural midwifery practice through midwifery education
Posted onPregnancy Clubs: Group Antenatal Care in Uganda and Kenya
Posted onBeginning in 2016, Management Sciences for Health began testing the group antenatal care (ANC) model, called Pregnancy Clubs, in eastern Uganda; and later in 2017, the model was adapted for western Kenya. The ANC service design reflects many elements of the “generic model” put forward by J. Sharma et al…read more
Do provider birth attitudes influence cesarean delivery rate: A cross-sectional study
Posted onWhy Gender Inequities Must Be Addressed to Improve Maternal Health Care
Posted onWhile some work has been done to develop gender-integrated interventions to improve the health of mothers and babies, there are still unexplored or unanswered questions about the relationship between gender and maternal health. A recent paper explored how gender dynamics—particularly gendered power relations—impact maternal health care access and utilization in eastern Uganda…read more
Nigeria’s health workers’ strike disrupts maternal care nationwide
Posted onTexas Task Force Calls for Perinatal Care at the Right Place, Right Time
Posted onLack of access to risk-appropriate care, or the right level of care at the right time, has proven dangerous for women and infants in the United States and around the world. Regionalization of care, which is a system for the delivery of health care within a region to ensure accessibility of essential services—even for patients in remote and rural settings—has been in place for decades to designate where infants are born or transferred according to the level of care needed at birth…read more