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I was born and raised in a poor mountainous region of Tay Nguyen in Vietnam. The health care services for women and children at this place is still underdeveloped. The hospitals are miles away and most of the newborns and their mothers are taken care by the midwives. My mother...
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During the past 30 years, Monsurat Folake Ahmed-Ogundipe has worked as a Community Health Extension Worker, a nurse, and a midwife, before finally bagging a BSc in Nursing Education. Currently she works as a health education officer in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. As a health care educator,...
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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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Bekelu, lives in Dankaka kebele, East Shoa Zone, Oromia Region in Ethiopia and has eight children. In her last pregnancy, she did everything that the health extension workers advised including attending all antenatal visits at the nearby health center and health post and giving birth at Dankaka Health Center. Her...
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A Social and Behavior Change Communication Campaign shifts community perception of newborn life in Malawi. By Victoria Lwesha, Senior MCHN Technical Advisor at Save the Children Malawi Featured image: Group Village Headman Saiti from Traditional Authority Chikweo Machinga delivers key messages on newborn life at a community campaign event A...
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