What ' s new in midwifery - 18th November 2020

Some things you may want to know about.  Apologies for the long gap since the last list.  Maybe monthly is more realistic, or maybe I need to be more organised.First,COVID, a systematic review by three Ethiopian authors on The effect of coronavirus infection (SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV) during pregnancy and the possibility of vertical maternal-fetal transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the open access European Journal of Medical Research.The Guardian reports thatmothers are needlessly separated from their babies after birth, and has articles about pregnant women in the second wave and about whether birth partners are allowed to be present.While reading one of those, the NHS - Pregnancy and coronavirus site came up as an advert.  Not a new site, I am sure, but to help raise its profile, I mention it here.Johns Hopkins University ' s Center for Humanitarian Health maintain a collection of resources about COVID-19, breastfeeding, infant feeding and breast milk.  AlignMNH: Collective Action for Maternal Newborn Health is a campaign funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in association with USAID, and has its launch event today.Recent news coverage includes articles about microplastics in bottle fed babies (1) and a report of American research finding that bottle fed babies are more at risk ofexposure to lead because of lead in ...
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