International 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
Women’s experience of midwife-led counselling and its influence on childbirth fear: A qualitative study
Posted onMidwives can save newborns: UNFPA Bangladesh chief
Posted onMidwifery, maternal, family planning reports launched
Posted onThe spillover effect of midwife attrition from the Nigerian midwives service scheme
Posted on10 Lessons From The BetterBirth Study
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The BetterBirth Program team at Ariadne Labs and partners recently led one of the world’s largest maternal newborn health trials in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Using bedside peer-coaching of birth attendants and facility managers, along with the World Health Organization’s Safe Childbirth Checklist, researchers focused on improving birth attendants’ use of basic care practices. The results showed marked improvement in care—but no reduction in mortality rates…read more
Experts urge support of bills to combat maternal mortality
Posted on‘I didn’t think you were allowed that, they didn’t mention that.’ A qualitative study exploring women’s perceptions of home birth
Posted onMidwives, Government Officials and International Agencies Meet in Mexico City to Discuss Inclusion of Birth Centers Into the National Health System
Posted onIn January 2018, the Network for Midwifery Centers held an International Best Practices Meeting in Mexico City bringing together stakeholders from the World Health Organization, the Pan-American Health Organization, United Nations Population Fund, the Committee for Safe Motherhood, Federal Ministry of Health, eight State Ministries of Health, academics, midwives, mothers and other grassroots organizations to come to agreement on the role of midwifery centers in improving maternal health in Mexico…read more