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Midwives Deliver in Uzbekistan - 17 June 2011
While nearly all deliveries in Uzbekistan take place in maternity hospitals under the supervision of a skilled birth attendant, the level of care provided is inconsistent. Although two thirds of the Uzbek population is rural, the majority of obstetric complications and maternal deaths occur among rural women.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New Web Applications Highlight Work of Midwives Around the World - 18 June 2011
EXETER, England — Over a four-day weekend in April, an assorted mix of creative professionals and technology experts came together in a small room at the University of Exeter to build new web-based tools to highlight the work of midwives around the world. With laptops and caffeine in hand, this motley group of bright young minds sketched ideas and tested new applications in anticipation of the release of the inaugural State of the World’s Midwifery Report, which launched today.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Stories of Midwives: Voices from the Field - 20 June 2011
"I became a midwife because I knew too many women were dying during pregnancy,” explains Huma Awar Sumadi, a midwife in Khaspak, Afghanistan. Huma’s is one of many voices that make up a new multimedia exhibition launched today at the International Confederation of Midwives Congress in Durban, South Africa.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Stories of Midwives, White Ribbon Alliance - 20 June 2011
The Stories of Midwives that UNFPA and White Ribbon Alliance have gathered give us a snapshot of the critical work that midwives do all over the world.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Launch of State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 - 20 June 2011
The Executive Director acknowledged the vital role of midwives in the health workforce in videotaped remarks launching the 'State of World Midwifery 2011."
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Adequate Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives, New Report Shows - 20 June 2011
GENEVA/DURBAN – Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded by 2015, according to a major new report released here today by UNFPA and partners.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Durban Congress Highlights the Vital Role of Midwives - 20 June 2011
DURBAN, South Africa – More midwives are needed worldwide, and adequate numbers of midwives could save 3.6 million lives a year. These are some of the conclusions put forward in the State of the World’s Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives – the first global report to examine the midwifery profession in more than 30 years.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New Cadre of Laotian Midwives Saving Lives - 21 June 2011
XIENG KHOUANG, Lao People’s Democratic Republic — Pregnant again after suffering a stillbirth and a miscarriage at home, Ta Sivilay is comforted to know help is now available nearby.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Executive Director Speaks about the Importance of Midwifery - 21 June 2011
"Midwives are central to the achievement of all three health-related MDGs — 4, 5 and 6–to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria," said UNFPA's Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin, in a televised message at the launch of the State of World Midwifery 2011 report. "For our part at UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, we are supporting countries to train and deploy midwives where they are needed."
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Improving Midwifery Services in Tajikistan - 22 June 2011
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan— Tajikistan’s maternal mortality ratio is among the highest of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Fifteen per cent of women giving birth in Tajikistan do so without a midwife or skilled birth attendant to assist. For every 100,000 live births, about 47.5 pregnant women die due to labour and delivery complications. Most of these deaths would be avoidable – if women had access to obstetric care.
Source: UNFPA News - June 26, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Midwives Save Lives
Improved Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives Globally, Says New Report A new report released by UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) shows that midwives could save 3.6 million lives if the midwife workforce is increased to an adequate level by 2015....Read Full Post
Source: About.com Health Careers - June 25, 2011 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Father saves daughter's life after delivering her at home... despite phone cutting out to midwife
Andy Greene from Hull today described how he delivered his own baby girl and managed to get her breathing after she came out feet first.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 24, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Revised intake targets for the controlled subjects of nursing and midwifery
The circular announces revised intake targets for academic year 2011-12 for the controlled subjects of nursing and midwifery pre-registration education funded by the Scottish Government.
Source: MEDEV News - June 24, 2011 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Midwives Demand Extra U.S.$50 - Probe
MIDWIVES at South Medical Centre, a private hospital in Chitungwiza, are reportedly demanding US$50 from every woman who gives birth there separate from maternity fees paid to the institution.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 24, 2011 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Specialist women's trust failing midwife staffing standard
One of England’s two specialist women’s hospitals has admitted it is failing to hit recommended minimum levels for midwifery staffing.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - June 23, 2011 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Africa: Better Midwifery Could Save Millions of Lives
Up to 3.6 million maternal and child deaths could be avoided each year if midwifery services were upgraded, according to a new report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners at a conference in Durban, South Africa.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 23, 2011 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

UMMC Residency Helps First-Year Nurses Manage Frontline Trials By Fire
The University of Mississippi Medical Center's hospitals are the first in the state to offer new nurses a one-year residency program to help nursing graduates adjust to the stressful daily grind of frontline health care. The Nurse Residency Program is a concept established by the University HealthSystem Consortium and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Originally developed in 2002, the program has spread to more than 60 hospitals across the nation. UMMC nurse educators Joanne Coleman and Eloise Lopez implemented the program at the Medical Center last year...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 23, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

ICM 2011: New president sworn in
23 JUNE 2011 – Frances Day-Stirk, Director of Learning Research and Practice Development at the Royal College of Midwives in London, UK, has taken over the top position at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM).
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - June 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Over 3 Million Lives Could Be Saved By Improvements In Midwifery
Up to 3.6 million lives could be saved every year if midwifery services were upgraded in 58 developing countries by 2015, according to a major new report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the University of Southampton and 28 other organisations worldwide. The State of the World's Midwifery 2011 reveals new data confirming there is a significant gap between the numbers of midwives practising and those needed to save lives...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 23, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

Cuts In Public Health May Cause Danger To Children, Say Ventura County RNs Who Plan Protest Thursday
A Ventura County children's program called First 5 which provides care to an at-risk population of children up to age five, has been seriously compromised with the elimination of the five public health nurse positions who provided the care. Ventura County RNs say that this will significantly delay needed care and put children at risk. On Thursday, the nurses, who are represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, plan to protest the cuts...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 23, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

Rwanda: Adequate Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives, New Report Shows
Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded by 2015, according to a major new report released by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and partners.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 23, 2011 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Scarce Funding Creates Uncertain Future for Refugees in the Republic of Congo - 12 June 2011
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — “The women I see are usually in a critical state. They are destitute and don’t have any means to support themselves,” says Albertine Lelo, a midwife in Dongou, a small town in the Republic of Congo that has welcomed a growing influx of new residents over the last two years.
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Midwives Deliver in Uzbekistan - 17 June 2011
While nearly all deliveries in Uzbekistan take place in maternity hospitals under the supervision of a skilled birth attendant, the level of care provided is inconsistent. Although two thirds of the Uzbek population is rural, the majority of obstetric complications and maternal deaths occur among rural women.
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New Web Applications Highlight Work of Midwives Around the World - 18 June 2011
EXETER, England — Over a four-day weekend in April, an assorted mix of creative professionals and technology experts came together in a small room at the University of Exeter to build new web-based tools to highlight the work of midwives around the world. With laptops and caffeine in hand, this motley group of bright young minds sketched ideas and tested new applications in anticipation of the release of the inaugural State of the World’s Midwifery Report, which launched today.
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Stories of Midwives: Voices from the Field - 20 June 2011
"I became a midwife because I knew too many women were dying during pregnancy,” explains Huma Awar Sumadi, a midwife in Khaspak, Afghanistan. Huma’s is one of many voices that make up a new multimedia exhibition launched today at the International Confederation of Midwives Congress in Durban, South Africa.
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Adequate Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives, New Report Shows - 20 June 2011
GENEVA/DURBAN – Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded by 2015, according to a major new report released here today by UNFPA and partners.
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Durban Congress Highlights the Vital Role of Midwives - 20 June 2011
DURBAN, South Africa – More midwives are needed worldwide, and adequate numbers of midwives could save 3.6 million lives a year. These are some of the conclusions put forward in the State of the World’s Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health, Saving Lives – the first global report to examine the midwifery profession in more than 30 years.
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New Cadre of Laotian Midwives Saving Lives - 21 June 2011
XIENG KHOUANG, Lao People’s Democratic Republic — Pregnant again after suffering a stillbirth and a miscarriage at home, Ta Sivilay is comforted to know help is now available nearby.
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Executive Director Speaks about the Importance of Midwifery - 21 June 2011
"Midwives are central to the achievement of all three health-related MDGs — 4, 5 and 6–to reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria," said UNFPA's Executive Director, Babatunde Osotimehin, in a televised message at the launch of the State of World Midwifery 2011 report. "For our part at UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, we are supporting countries to train and deploy midwives where they are needed."
Source: UNFPA News - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Fiscal considers midwife report
A MIDWIFE at the centre of a police investigation into her care of 22 mothers and babies has been reported to the procurator fiscal.
Source: Scotsman.com News - Health - June 22, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Job Satisfaction More Important Than Pay For Certified Nursing Assistants
Pay plays a relatively small role in a nurse's decision to stay at or leave a job in a nursing home, according to new research from Rice University, the University of Pittsburgh and Baylor College of Medicine. In a comprehensive study of certified nursing assistants, researchers found that attitudinal factors such as job satisfaction and emotional well-being are better predictors of turnover in long-term care facilities. While previous studies have found high turnover rates -- between 23 and 36 percent -- in the long-term care industry, this new study found that only 5...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 22, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

Bridget Lynch
, a mother of five and a midwife with more than 25 years of experience, is the President of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), a global confederation of autonomous member associations from 94 countries around the world. She is the first Canadian to head the 92-year-old group, which represents more 250,000 midwives.
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Antelope Valley RNs Sound Alarm Over Harm To Community From Economy, Health Cuts
Antelope Valley Hospital RNs represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United are identifying broad declines in health tied to economic hardship and obstacles to healthcare coverage...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 22, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

Adequate midwifery could save over 3 million lives
(University of Southampton) Up to 3.6 million lives could be saved every year if midwifery services were upgraded in 58 developing countries by 2015, according to a major new report released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the University of Southampton and 28 other organizations worldwide.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 22, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Millions Still Die Due to Lack of Midwives: U.N.Millions Still Die Due to Lack of Midwives: U.N.
More investment in midwifery could save many of the millions of babies and hundreds of thousands of women who still die every year because of a lack of skilled healthcare during childbirth, the United Nations said on Monday. Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape ObGyn and Womens Health Headlines - June 21, 2011 Category: OBGYN Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

Michigan Council Of Nurse Practitioners Applauds Bi-Partisan Effort To Define Advanced Practice Nurses' Role In The Public Health Code
Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners (MICNP) President MaryLee Pakieser, MSN, RN, NP, today praised state Senator Mark Jansen (R-Grand Rapids) and state Representative Lesia Liss (D-Warren) for introducing legislation to update regulations concerning nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners, also known as advanced practice registered nurses, are registered nurses who have earned a master's degree in a nursing specialty and obtained national board certification. Currently their practice is regulated by provisions of the 1978 Public Health Code of Michigan...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 21, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

Massive Midwife Shortage In Developing Countries; Child Fatalities
Midwives are desperately needed to help preserve life in developing countries according to a new report released by United Nations (UN) this week at The Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Durban, South Africa. An additional 112,000 midwives need to be deployed in 38 countries to meet their target to achieve 95% coverage of births by skilled attendants by 2015, as required under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Globally, 350,000 midwives are still lacking...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 21, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Source Type: news

Scarce Funding Creates Uncertain Future for Refugees in the Republic of Congo - 12 June 2011
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — “The women I see are usually in a critical state. They are destitute and don’t have any means to support themselves,” says Albertine Lelo, a midwife in Dongou, a small town in the Republic of Congo that has welcomed a growing influx of new residents over the last two years.
Source: UNFPA News - June 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Midwives Deliver in Uzbekistan - 17 June 2011
While nearly all deliveries in Uzbekistan take place in maternity hospitals under the supervision of a skilled birth attendant, the level of care provided is inconsistent. Although two thirds of the Uzbek population is rural, the majority of obstetric complications and maternal deaths occur among rural women.
Source: UNFPA News - June 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New Web Applications Highlight Work of Midwives Around the World - 18 June 2011
EXETER, England — Over a four-day weekend in April, an assorted mix of creative professionals and technology experts came together in a small room at the University of Exeter to build new web-based tools to highlight the work of midwives around the world. With laptops and caffeine in hand, this motley group of bright young minds sketched ideas and tested new applications in anticipation of the release of the inaugural State of the World’s Midwifery Report, which launched today.
Source: UNFPA News - June 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Stories of Midwives: Voices from the Field - 20 June 2011
"I became a midwife because I knew too many women were dying during pregnancy,” explains Huma Awar Sumadi, a midwife in Khaspak, Afghanistan. Huma’s is one of many voices that make up a new multimedia exhibition launched today at the International Confederation of Midwives Congress in Durban, South Africa.
Source: UNFPA News - June 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Adequate Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives, New Report Shows - 20 June 2011
GENEVA/DURBAN – Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded by 2015, according to a major new report released here today by UNFPA and partners.
Source: UNFPA News - June 21, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

South Africa: More Midwives Needed to Prevent Millions of Deaths
Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded by 2015, and 38 of 58 countries could miss their Millennium Development Goal 5 (on maternal health) targets without 112 000 more midwives being brought on board.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 21, 2011 Category: African Health Source Type: news

South Africa: Midwives Turn to Governments for Help
A record breaking 3 000 midwives from 111 countries made their way to the first ever International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress on African soil.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 21, 2011 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Africa: Midwives Could Save 3.6-Million Lives
Ninety percent of all maternal deaths could be prevented if pregnant women were cared for by trained midwives, with specialised back-up in case of emergencies.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 21, 2011 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nurses Association Vows To Fight Back Against Cuts To Healthcare Benefits
The employer trustees of the NYSNA Benefits Fund have prevailed in their efforts to decimate the health insurance coverage offered by the fund, a move that the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) sees as part of the coordinated attack on unions and the middle class. The Nurses Association will now take its fight to preserve quality healthcare benefits for registered nurses to the bargaining table...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 21, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

Call for an upgrade in midwifery provision
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Source: OnMedica Latest News - June 20, 2011 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

More Skilled Midwives Needed To Save Women's And Newborns' Lives
The first State of the World's Midwifery report confirms the critical role midwives play in improving maternal and newborn health and survival. It highlights the shortage of skilled midwives in many low-income countries, stressing the need to train and deploy more midwives in all parts of a country - especially remote and rural areas. The report, commissioned and coordinated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), was launched at the Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives in Durban, South Africa today...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nursing / Midwifery Source Type: news

UN calls for more, better trained midwives
In Ethiopia, only 6 per cent of births are attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife. In Niger, many women have more pregnancies than is safe. In Botswana, the AIDS virus is linked to almost 80 per cent of maternal deaths.
Source: CTV Health - June 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news