Rural midwives help save mothers in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Posted onInternational Day for Maternal Health and Rights: Five Perspectives on Respectful Maternity Care
Posted onTomorrow, 11 April is International Day for Maternal Health and Rights, a call-to-action to address every woman’s right to high quality, respectful care before, during and after pregnancy. Experts in research, midwifery, obstetrics and gynecology and program implementation share insight into respectful maternity care (RMC) and how to integrate the principles of RMC into quality improvement initiatives…read more
Black Mamas Matter Alliance is launching the first National Black Maternal Health Week
Posted onUpcoming Webinar: A Global Survey of Skilled Birth Attendants
Posted onPlease join the Fistula Community of Practice on 10 April 2018 at 9:00 am Eastern Daylight Time for a webinar sharing findings from a global survey of skilled-birth attendants (SBAs) in low- and middle-income countries. The survey examined SBAs’ training, knowledge, practices and facility environment as they relate to intrapartum and postpartum bladder care and management of prolonged/obstructed labor…read more
Postnatal women’s perspectives on the feasibility of introducing postpartum home visits: A Jordanian study
Posted onHunt to unveil plan for women to have same midwives through pregnancy
Posted onCan a midwife-led continuity model improve maternal services in a low-resource setting? A non-randomised cluster intervention study in Palestine
Posted onMidwifery services framework
Posted onNew Report Explores Why Preventable Maternal Deaths Continue to Occur in the United States
Posted onThe new Report from Nine Maternal Mortality Review Committees provides critical data on maternal mortality in the United States, confirming that the majority of pregnancy-related deaths in the country are preventable. It includes in-depth insight into causes of death and racial disparities and highlights actionable prevention recommendations made by the Nine Committees…read more