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World Health Organisation Archives - Maternity & Midwifery Forum

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Midwifery Feature Articles

PREGANCY & ALCOHOL: Lost in translation?

Paul
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The WHO have issued a new document that comments on pregnancy and alcohol. We would all expect it to be a well thought out policy document based on established advice and good science. Yet it has provoked widespread heated and furious comment around the world. Most governments have long- standing......
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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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Videos

The Framework for Action to Strengthen Midwifery Education for Universal Health Coverage

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Frances McConville, Midwifery Adviser, World Health Organisation (WHO) gives a presentation on “The Framework for Action to Strengthen Midwifery Education for Universal Health Coverage” at the International Maternity Expo 2019. Find out more about International Maternity Expo: internationalmaternityexpo.com/...
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Midwifery Sector News

Midwifery a global update, what this means for normal labour and birth

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At the World Health Assembly this year, 194 member states agreed unanimously to put nursing and midwifery at the centre of achieving Universal Health Coverage. It’s a first in world health. They also declared 2020 ‘the Year of the Nurse and the Year of the Midwife’ and pledged to focus......
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Videos

Midwifery: a global update, what this means for normal labour and birth

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Fran McConville, Midwifery Advisor at the World Health Organisation gives a presentation discussing “Midwifery: a global update, what this means for normal labour and birth” at the 14th International Normal Labour and Birth Research Conference. The full box set of videos from this conference are available to view here....
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