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.
Ending the Doom & Gloom: Shifting the Narrative About Black Maternal Health
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As the inaugural Black Maternal Health Week kicks off, it’s time for a national conversation about the role of racism and bias in maternity care practices.
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.
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Report Calls for Wider Global Access to Midwifery
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Authors analyze the status of midwifery in 73 countries—all either low- or middle-income–that account for 92 percent of the world’s maternal and new born deaths. Materials to prevent bleeding, infection and lower blood pressure are in short supply.
Arts & Culture
U.S. Students Design Ultrasound for Ugandan Midwives
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A low-cost ultrasound system is on its way to Uganda in early summer. Produced by students at the University of Washington, it’s intended to help midwives battle the high death rate in the country’s rural areas.
Health & Science
Midwife School in Mexico Finds Itself in Vanguard
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At the only degreed midwifery program in Mexico, women train and then return to their rural roots. It is right in line with a recent United Nations push to fill a global shortfall of 334,000 midwives and improve maternal health outcomes.