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Mexico
HNN Team
By providing compassionate and culturally appropriate care to women throughout their reproductive life, trained and supported midwives are critical to closing the gaps in human resources for health and helping to reduce maternal and newborn deaths. Gloria Flores, a licensed nurse and perinatal specialist from Morelos state, Mexico, is working...
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Zack Langway
Samara Ferrara, a participant in Johnson & Johnson and ICM’s Young Midwife Leader program, has been a practicing midwife for eight years, and plays a leading role in redefining what it means to be a modern-day midwife in Mexico. As ICM wrapped, and in anticipation of Spotlight Health, we spoke with Samara about this unique intersection.
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HNN Team
The era of the Sustainable Development Goals brings with it ambitious new targets and a clear vision of a healthy world. What we all must remember is the role that midwives and midwifery can play in achieving that vision. Mexico has long recognized that the overall maternal mortality rate is...
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HNN Team
Despite unprecedented global improvement in the past two decades, more than 75 percent of the 87 developing countries included in the study are seeing inequalities in child survival getting worse.
Read MoreIn June, the USAID ASSIST-supported Salud Materno Infantil (Maternal and Infant Health) Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Community of Practice hosted its second virtual discussion forum in Spanish.
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