Birth
Call the Midwife, If You Can
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To honor National Midwifery Week, I ask anyone starting a family to investigate for yourself the outcomes produced by midwifery care.
Health & Science
Mobile Midwifery Delivers Health to Ghanaian Moms
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One mobile phone app delivers time-sensitive text messages or voicemails to pregnant women and new mothers; the other is for nurses. Together they are doing wonders for maternal and pregnancy health care and raising community awareness at the same time.
Health & Science
Hospital Maternity Wards Are Closing Across U.S.
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More women of child-rearing age are uninsured and dependent on medical assistance. That is tightening the financial noose around hospital maternity care and causing longer waits and travel time for pregnant women.