{"id":36114,"date":"2019-05-20T13:52:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=36114"},"modified":"2019-05-20T13:54:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:54:29","slug":"framework-for-action-strengthening-quality-midwifery-education-for-universal-health-coverage-2030","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/framework-for-action-strengthening-quality-midwifery-education-for-universal-health-coverage-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Framework for Action: Strengthening quality midwifery education for Universal Health Coverage 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This publication combines evidence and findings from a series of global multi-stakeholder consultations, and a final online survey. The consultations addressed five key questions: what are the three strategic priorities; what is new, radical thinking; what will the impact be at country level; how will this be achieved, and how is this relevant to humanitarian emergencies? Through these consultations consensus has been reached on three strategic priorities for strengthening midwifery education:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every woman and newborn to be cared for by a midwife, educated and trained to international standards and enabled to legally practise the full scope of midwifery. The title \u201cmidwife\u201d should only be used for providers who are educated to international standards.<\/li>\n<li>Midwifery leadership to be positioned in high-level national policy, planning and budgeting processes to improve decision-making about investments for midwifery education to help achieve UHC.<\/li>\n<li>Coordination and alignment between midwifery stakeholders at global, regional and country levels to align education and training processes, knowledge, research, evidence-based materials, indicators and investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A seven-step action plan to strengthen quality midwifery education is introduced, with each step informed by the evidence and global consultations. The action plan can be used to develop and\/or strengthen a national midwifery education plan, embedded within the national human resources for health plan. This action plan recognizes the wide variation in midwifery education provided across many countries and acknowledges that whereas some countries can rapidly move to a high-quality cadre of midwives, other countries will have more investment to make before this strategic priority can be reached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This publication combines evidence and findings from a series of global multi-stakeholder consultations, and a final online survey. The consultations addressed five key questions: what are the three strategic priorities; what is new, radical thinking; what will the impact be at country level; how will this be achieved, and how is this relevant to humanitarian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/framework-for-action-strengthening-quality-midwifery-education-for-universal-health-coverage-2030\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7211,"featured_media":36116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","toolkit":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Healthy Newborn Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/framework-for-action-strengthening-quality-midwifery-education-for-universal-health-coverage-2030\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Framework for Action: Strengthening quality midwifery education for Universal Health Coverage 2030 - Healthy Newborn Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This publication combines evidence and findings from a series of global multi-stakeholder consultations, and a final online survey. 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There are currently 108 national Midwives Associations, representing 95 countries across every continent. ICM is organised into four regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. Together these associations represent more than 300,000 midwives globally<\/p>\r\n<p>ICM is an accredited non-governmental organisation&nbsp;and represents midwives and midwifery to&nbsp;organisations worldwide to achieve common goals in the care of mothers and children. These organisations include&nbsp;the WHO and other UN Agencies, global professional health care organisations including the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the International Paediatric Association (IPA), the International Council of Nurses (ICN), non-governmental organisations, bilateral and civil society groups.<\/p>\r\n<h2>What we do<\/h2>\r\n<p>ICM&nbsp;works to&nbsp;strengthen Midwives Associations and to advance the profession of midwifery globally by promoting autonomous midwives as the most appropriate caregivers for childbearing women. We strive to keeping birth normal, in order to enhance the reproductive health of women, and the health of their newborn and their families.<\/p>","post_title":"International Confederation of Midwives","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"international-confederation-midwives","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2016-01-21 00:03:46","post_modified_gmt":"2016-01-21 00:03:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=599","menu_order":0,"post_type":"partner","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":838,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2013-04-29 19:44:10","post_date_gmt":"2013-04-29 19:44:10","post_content":"","post_title":"UNICEF","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"unicef","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2016-01-21 19:45:06","post_modified_gmt":"2016-01-21 19:45:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=838","menu_order":0,"post_type":"partner","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":21084,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2017-10-02 14:54:45","post_date_gmt":"2017-10-02 18:54:45","post_content":"Our goal is to build a better, healthier future for people all over the world. Working through offices in more than 150 countries, WHO staff work side by side with governments and other partners to ensure the highest attainable level of health for all people.\r\n\r\nTogether we strive to combat diseases \u2013 infectious diseases like influenza and HIV and noncommunicable ones like cancer and heart disease. We help mothers and children survive and thrive so they can look forward to a healthy old age. We ensure the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink \u2013 and the medicines and vaccines they need.","post_title":"World Health Organization","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"world-health-organization","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2017-10-02 14:54:45","post_modified_gmt":"2017-10-02 18:54:45","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=partner&#038;p=21084","menu_order":0,"post_type":"partner","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"other_organizations":"UNFPA","issues":[{"ID":117,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:17:43","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:17:43","post_content":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Within the continuum of care, childbirth care is provided during labor and delivery. 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Please visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a>\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The interaction between skilled healthcare workers and mothers before, during, and just after labor is critical for saving lives and ensuring good, healthy birth outcomes. Best practices include ensuring mothers are involved in the decision-making (including where they will give birth) and are provided with supportive care at all stages and that the birth proceeds without intervention as long as labor progresses normally and the woman and baby are well. When complications arise, health workers must be ready to respond appropriately.[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"Key resources\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sowmy\">State of the World\u2019s Midwifery Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/MCPC-2nd-ed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>(2021)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/hnn-content\/uploads\/MCPC-2nd-ed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WHO guidelines Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth: A guide for midwives and doctors\u00a0<\/a>(2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/every-newborn-action-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Newborn Action Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/tools\/essential-newborn-care-training-course\">Essential Newborn Care Course<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 interim version of the second edition (2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/blog\/ending-preventable-stillbirths-requires-improving-quality-of-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ending Preventable Stillbirths requires improving quality of care<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Childbirth care","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"childbirth-care","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 12:48:31","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 16:48:31","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=117","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":124,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:18:57","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:18:57","post_content":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>In order to meet our maternal and newborn health objectives, we need health professionals and community health workers that:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Are readily available where and when needed<\/li>\n<li>Have the necessary knowledge and skills for the services they are providing<\/li>\n<li>Are appropriately motivated to provide the needed service<\/li>\n<li>Are adequately supported and enabled with supervision, support systems (supply chain and\u00a0information systems), necessary infrastructure (space, water, electricity, and communications), and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ensuring that this set of conditions is met depends on adequate human resources policy and management.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">82<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1691004009799{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of global births that were assisted by suitably qualified health workers between 2016 and 2021<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">66<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1691004076215{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">percentage of women in least developed countries that were assisted by suitably qualified health workers during birth between 2016 and 2021<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a> page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"More information\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]Over the past decade and a half, considerable emphasis within global maternal-newborn health programs has been placed on \u201cskilled birth attendance,\u201d i.e., births assisted by suitably qualified health workers. This reflects the observation that for women delivering at home without ready access to emergency obstetrical care, support from traditional birth attendants proved inadequate to substantially reduce risk of death for the mother or newborn. Considerable effort has been expended in many settings to help ensure that women give birth with the assistance of qualified human resources, specifically a health worker, and generally in a health facility.<\/p>\n<p>However, in many instances there has not\u00a0been equal attention given to the actual substance of the care provided or the necessary supports to enable health workers to provide adequate care. In recent years, there has been increasing attention in program work to the quality and content of maternal-newborn services, particularly around the time of birth. This is reflected in current work at the World Health Organization on improving quality of maternal-newborn health care.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]Part of what is implied in the \u201cskilled birth attendance\u201d strategy is that assisting in childbirth does not necessarily require a physician. Many interventions related to maternal-newborn health can be competently delivered by categories of health workers with comparatively modest training.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, certain maternal-newborn services can be provided by categories of health workers labelled as \u201ccommunity health workers\u201d (CHWs). This is a broad designation that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health auxiliaries with training sometimes approaching that of registered nurses<\/li>\n<li>Paid full-time workers with several months of basic training<\/li>\n<li>Non-salaried but financially \u201cincentivized\u201d workers, typically working less than full-time<\/li>\n<li>Volunteers providing services on a periodic or intermittent basis with little or no financial incentives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"13796\" add_caption=\"yes\" alignment=\"center\" css_animation=\"appear\"][vc_column_text]In some settings, there is more than one tier of CHWs.\u00a0When robustly supported (as they can be under project conditions), non-salaried and volunteer CHWs have been demonstrated as effective for various maternal- and newborn-related services. There are fewer examples of such work being effectively delivered at national scale, under non-project conditions. A very important but frequently neglected factor is the supports needed for effective programs.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is not so much,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>can <\/strong>CHWs be effective for a particular service?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But rather,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>what supports are necessary<\/strong> for effectiveness?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>are such supports feasible at scale<\/strong> under normal, non-project conditions?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Program efforts commonly address health worker knowledge and skills. This is typically done primarily by training. Motivation is less often given focused attention. Certainly, some aspects of performance can be positively affected by financial incentives, although such incentives can also have unintended negative consequences. However, motivation is more than just a matter of incentives.<\/p>\n<p>In many settings, legitimate and illegitimate absences from work significantly undermine reliable access to services. This can be a consequence, for example, of frequent off-site trainings. There are also many settings where health workers are either frequently away from their posts without authorization or where they offer services only for very limited periods of time each day.<\/p>\n<p>Even when health workers are at their posts, their practices are affected not only by material they may have been exposed to in training but also by other influences on what they consider appropriate care. For example, health workers may be well aware of what treatments are recommended or authorized in national treatment guidelines but may -- for any number of reasons -- prefer to offer treatments not reflected in official protocols. For human resources program efforts to be effective in ensuring availability of appropriate care, they need to respond to the actual factors influencing health worker practices.<\/p>\n<p>Supervision is often mentioned as an important performance factor in health worker practices. Certainly under project conditions, there are numerous examples of \u201csupportive technical supervision\u201d or \u201cmentoring\u201d that appear to have made a positive contribution to quality of care. There are, however, far fewer examples of this function being effectively delivered under non-project conditions. Health-facility-level quality improvement efforts can serve a somewhat similar function, whereby groups of health staff work collectively to improve performance, holding each other accountable.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Key resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/handle\/10665\/77764\">WHO Recommendations: Optimizing health worker roles for maternal and newborn health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Human resources for health","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"human-resources","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 15:22:01","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 19:22:01","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=124","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":31084,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2018-05-03 17:43:43","post_date_gmt":"2018-05-03 21:43:43","post_content":"[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h2>Midwifery encompasses care of women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period, as well as care of the newborn.<\/h2>\r\nMidwifery includes measures aimed at preventing health problems in pregnancy, the detection of abnormal conditions, the procurement of medical assistance when necessary, and the execution of emergency measures in the absence of medical help.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/4\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">2.2<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"3\/4\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666121600643{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">maternal and newborn deaths, including stillbirths, that could be averted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/the-state-of-the-worlds-midwifery-2021-report-supplements\/\">serious investment in midwives<\/a> by 2035<\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/4\"][vc_column_text]\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">900<\/span>k<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"3\/4\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1666121626966{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">midwives needed to address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/the-state-of-the-worlds-midwifery-2021-report-supplements\/\">global gaps<\/a><\/h3>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\r\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=\"Specialized and Effective Care\" color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#cccccc\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]Worldwide, approximately 295,000 women die every year due to pregnancy and childbirth related complications, 2.4 million newborns die in the first month of life and there are 2 million stillbirths*. Most of these largely preventable deaths occur in low-income countries and in poor and rural areas. Many maternal and newborn deaths can be prevented if competent midwives assist women before, during and after childbirth. Where referral services are in place, midwives are able to identify and refer women and newborns with complications to emergency obstetric or pediatric care when severe complications arise.\r\n\r\nMidwives are a special nexus between maternal and newborn care, providing supportive and respective care for women and infants. Balanced between labor and delivery expertise, prevention and management of complications and skilled emergency care, midwives enhance efficient use of resources and promote cost-effective, affordable and sustainable care while improving outcomes for women and babies.\r\n<h6>*All data on this page represents the most recent data available. Please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\">Newborn Numbers<\/a> page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/h6>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]When midwifery is successfully integrated into a healthcare system, it allows for provision of more effective care for women and infants, as described in The Lancet Midwifery Supplement. Strategic scale up of midwifery services and contributions within existing health facilities can increase not only coverage, but also sustainability, quality of care, and access to life saving interventions.\r\n\r\nThe International Day of the Midwife occurs each year on May 5th.\r\n\r\n<strong>Key resources:<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/the-state-of-the-worlds-midwifery-2021-report-supplements\/\">State of the World\u2019s Midwifery 2021<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/the-lancet-midwifery-series\/\">The Lancet: Midwifery Series<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/state-worlds-midwifery-analysis-sexual-reproductive-maternal-newborn-adolescent-health-workforce-east-southern-africa\/\">The State of the World\u2019s Midwifery: Analysis of the Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health Workforce in East &amp; Southern Africa<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","post_title":"Midwifery","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"midwifery","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-10-18 15:33:12","post_modified_gmt":"2022-10-18 19:33:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=31084","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":133,"post_author":"7211","post_date":"2015-10-21 15:20:35","post_date_gmt":"2015-10-21 15:20:35","post_content":"<p>[vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1453403441710{margin-top: -60px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}\"][vc_column width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Many countries experiencing humanitarian crises, including civil conflict, recurring natural disasters, or both, also have severe newborn and maternal mortality. For countries already burdened with poor maternal and newborn health outcomes, emergencies exacerbate existing challenges.<\/h2>\n<p>Population movements, insecurity, increased burden on health systems, poor or damaged infrastructure and limited availability of qualified health workers can restrict access to quality care. Recent analyses have indicated that roughly 60% of maternal deaths and 45% of newborn deaths occur in countries affected by a humanitarian\u00a0 crisis or fragile conditions. The highest rates of stillbirth occur in conflict and emergency settings. Further studies and efforts to improve measurements are encouraged in order to better track progress and increase accountability.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/2\" el_class=\"issue-stats\"][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-red\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">29<\/span>m<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1655835486516{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">babies were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/13-01-2021-early-childhood-development-in-conflict-affected-countries-is-key-to-life-long-health-wellbeing-and-prosperity-says-who-and-partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">born into conflict-affected areas<\/a> in 2018<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-yellow\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">500<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1655835996933{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/UNFPA_HumanitAction_2019_PDF_Online_Version_16_Jan_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">number of women and girls who die <\/a>from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth every day in countries facing humanitarian and fragile contexts<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-blue\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">40<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1655836784867{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/refugee-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">percentage of refugees<\/a> who are children<br \/>\nunder the age of 18<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_row_inner content_placement=\"middle\"][vc_column_inner el_class=\"text-green\" width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"ticker\">45<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text css=\".vc_custom_1576100716179{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}\"]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pub-pdf\/Humanitarian_2017_Overview-Final_updated-11_Jan_2017_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">percentage of newborn deaths<\/a> occurring in countries affected by humanitarian crises and fragility<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All data on this page represents the most recent data available, unless otherwise noted. Please visit our\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/numbers\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Newborn Numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u00a0page and download the Excel spreadsheet to explore the data further.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\"stretch_row\" css=\".vc_custom_1452696349804{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;background-color: #f6f6f4 !important;}\"][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings Field Guide<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/newborn-health-humanitarian-settings-field-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/newborn-health-in-humanitarian-settings-field-guide-french\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/newborn-health-in-humanitarian-settings-field-guide-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Espa\u00f1ol\u00a0<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/newbornfieldguide.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web portal (2022)<\/a>*<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>*The web portal brings together essential guidance and tools that healthcare providers will find useful in designing, managing, monitoring, and evaluating newborn health services within humanitarian settings.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/arabic-newborn-health-humanitarian-settings-field-guide\/\">\u0639\u0631\u0628\u0649<\/a><b><\/b><i><\/i><u><\/u><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Manual: Newborn Care Supply Kits for Humanitarian Settings<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/manual-newborn-care-supply-kits-for-humanitarian-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Global Commitments<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/a-declaration-to-accelerate-newborn-health-in-humanitarian-settings\/\">A Declaration to Accelerate Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings (2019)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/newbornroadmap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roadmap to Accelerate Progress for Every Newborn in Humanitarian Settings 2020-2024<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/surviving-day-one-caring-for-mothers-and-newborns-in-humanitarian-emergencies-on-the-day-of-childbirth\/\">\u00a0Surviving Day One: Caring for Mothers and Newborns in Humanitarian Emergencies on the Day of Childbirth<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=\"More on Newborn Health in Emergencies\" color=\"custom\" accent_color=\"#cccccc\"][vc_row_inner equal_height=\"yes\"][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">It is no coincidence that countries affected by humanitarian crises and conflict are the riskiest for mothers and babies. Access to essential services before, during, and after pregnancy in these settings is severely restricted. As the number of people affected by conflict, natural disasters, and other emergencies increases, the gap between needs and resources is growing. There is a growing demand from responders and governments to provide for the most vulnerable groups. When a baby is born in an emergency setting, the number of risks that are encountered in the first days of life may seem insurmountable \u2014 but even in these precarious situations, many of the deaths that occur around the time of birth are preventable. We can do something to help.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=\"1\/2\"][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The global health cluster that is led by the World Health Organization has agreed on and recently revised the <a href=\"https:\/\/iawg.net\/resources\/misp-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minimum Initial Service Package<\/a> for reproductive health in crisis situations. The <a href=\"https:\/\/iawgfieldmanual.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inter-Agency Field Manual and MISP reference sheet<\/a> are also available. Recognizing the gap for newborns, an inter-agency group of stakeholders and UN agencies developed additional evidence and guidelines, and coordinate advocacy for newborn health in humanitarian emergencies. They aim to galvanize efforts to ensure that life-saving care is available even in the most difficult of circumstances.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=\"Additional Resources\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/toolkit\/\">Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings: Implementation Toolkit <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/resource\/newborn-health-resources-trainings-and-tools-for-improving-newborn-health-in-humanitarian-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newborn Health Resources: Trainings and Tools for Improving Newborn Health in Humanitarian Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/1752-1505-8-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neonatal survival in complex humanitarian emergencies: setting an evidence-based research agenda<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3488319\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neonatal survival interventions in humanitarian emergencies: a survey of current practices and programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","post_title":"Newborn Health in Emergencies","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"emergencies","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-08-02 15:18:08","post_modified_gmt":"2023-08-02 19:18:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/?post_type=issue&#038;p=133","menu_order":0,"post_type":"issue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"regions":[],"countries":[],"views":"3013"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/36114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/36114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"toolkit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthynewbornnetwork.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/toolkit?post=36114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}