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By: Joy Marini, MS, PA-C, and Winnie Mwebesa, MD. Originally posted on Global Citizen "I always imagine that the babies might become someone important in life, or do something great." Hours away from bustling Kampala, in a rural district of central Uganda, the sound of a hungry newborn crying echoes...
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Safe Motherhood Initiative and there is much to celebrate. Maternal deaths globally have decreased by 44 percent since 1990.
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Improving the quality of care that women experience during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period has become a major global priority. Achieving good quality care requires not only clinical improvements, but also a person-centered approach that takes into account women’s and health workers’ needs and perspectives. In 2016, the World...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhgozFMD6O4 The 10,000 Happy Birthdays project trains midwives in life saving skills in Malawi and Zambia, This film shows the remarkable results achieved by the Association of Malawian Midwives, The Midwifery Association of Zambia and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) after project start in 2014. Original post
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Midwife Rita helped deliver Rupa and Rajkumar's first-born daughter this year at the newly constructed Taruka health facility in rural Nepal, a facility Save the Children helped rebuild after the devastating 2015 earthquake. The proximity of a health post and availability of a skilled auxiliary nurse midwife helped save the...
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