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Growing a Family with Dignity

Paul
One of the UN’s sustainable development goals is for there to be no more than 70 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births across the globe by 2030. While the worldwide maternal mortality rate is falling, it is not falling quickly enough to meet that target.  Among the many factors leading......
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Midwifery Sector News

“Poor quality of care is now a bigger barrier to reducing mortality than insufficient access to care.”

Paul
2020 will be the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.  Fran McConville, Midwifery Advisor at the World Health Organisation, entreats midwives everywhere to use this as an opportunity to raise the profile of midwifery, trumpet its importance, and campaign for better maternity care and the investment needed to make......
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Midwifery Sector News

Watch the Live Stream of the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2019

Paul
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On Wednesday 27th November around 400 Midwives, Student Midwives and Health Care Practitioners are expected to gather at Murrayfield Stadium to attend the Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival 2019. If you are unable to join us on the day, don’t worry! Not only will many of the presentations from the......
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Midwifery News

Exhibitor Insights: Natera

Paul
    As we approach the 3rd Annual Scotland Maternity & Midwifery Festival we focus on one of the exhibitors waiting to meet you in Edinburgh, Natera – a worldwide genetic testing and diagnostics company that’s changing how doctors and patients manage genetic disease.  Twins are becoming more common with......
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Videos

Similarities in Mother-Daughter Labour and Birth Characteristics: A two-generation matched cohort study

Paul
Dr Mindy Ebrahimoff, Senior Midwife, Senior Lecturer Clinical Tutor, Lis Maternity Hospital, Sourasky Medical Centre (Tel Aviv, Israel) presents “Similarities in Mother-Daughter Labour and Birth Characteristics: A two-generation matched cohort study” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
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A Gathering Storm: Understanding Anxiety, Worry & Fear in Childbearing

Paul
Dr Kathryn Gutteridge, Consultant Midwife, President of the Royal College of Midwives gives a presentation discussing “A Gathering Storm: Understanding Anxiety, Worry & Fear in Childbearing” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
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Risky teaching? Using creative methods to explore professional learning in midwifery education

Paul
Dr Jenny Hall, Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher gives a presentation discussing “Risky teaching? Using creative methods to explore professional learning in midwifery education” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
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Respectful Maternity Care: A Call to Action

Paul
Dr Sheena Byrom, Director, The Practising, Midwife & Professor Soo Downe OBE, Professor in Midwifery Studies, UCLAN give a presentation discussing “Respectful Maternity Care: A Call to Action” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
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Nurse-Midwives in Kenya, Experts in Post-Partum Insertion of IUD: A New Task Shared

Paul
Winnie Shena, National Nurses Association of Kenya, Reproductive Health, Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society, Reproductive Health, Kenya gives a presentation discussing “Nurse-Midwives in Kenya: experts in post-partum insertion of IUD: a new task shared” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
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