The Future of Global Health Starts with Health Workers
By Philippe Guinot, Chief operating officer (interim) and chief technical officer Ruth Uwibohoye, a health worker, cares for a child at Nyanza Hospital in Nyanza District, Rwanda. Ruth is supported by the IntraHealth International-led and USAID-funded Ingobyi project to reduce preventable infant and maternal deaths, reduce the incidence of malaria, and bring high-quality, integrated health services to more Rwandan mothers, children, and adolescents. Photo by Innocent Ishimwe for IntraHealth International.April 03, 2023In the global health community, we often focus on results and big numbers. How many people have we r...
Source: IntraHealth International - March 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: Global Forum on Human Resources for Health World Health Worker Week Source Type: news

Trusts given five years to achieve safe midwife staffing
NHS trusts have been given until 2027-28 to employ enough midwives to meet safe staffing requirements, NHS England’s new maternity delivery plan has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 31, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Preceptorship framework for midwifery
The framework sets national standards for preceptorship and good practice. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 30, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Health workers to  decide whether to take NHS wage offer or risk lengthy pay review body wait 
A pay consultation involving 280,000 health workers across England, who belong to UNISON, opens today (Tuesday). During the consultation exercise, UNISON is encouraging NHS staff to accept the offer, which resulted from pay talks held with unions, employers and ministers earlier this month. The vote closes on Friday 14 April. The offer covers two pay years – a one-off amount for 2022/23 and a 5% wage rise (10.4% for the lowest paid) for 2023/24. The non-consolidated payment for this year is worth between £1,655 and £3,789 to health workers in England. This is equal to 8.2% for the lowest paid and around 6% for nurses...
Source: UNISON Health care news - March 28, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News nhs pay NHS pay rise Source Type: news

Suicide, self-harm, and suicide ideation in nurses and midwives: a systematic review of prevalence, contributory factors, and interventions - Groves S, Lascelles K, Hawton K.
BACKGROUND: Nurses have been identified as an occupational group at increased risk of suicide. This systematic review examines the prevalence of, and factors influencing, suicide and related behaviours among nurses and midwives (PROSPERO pre-registration C... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Attitudes of health professionals towards violence and their tendency to report spousal violence - Can Özdemir R, Işık MT, Nazik S.
The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of primary care providers, physicians, nurses and midwives towards domestic violence and their tendencies to report violence against women and the affecting factors. The population of this study was 294 h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

NHS rolls out specialist medical care centres for women during pregnancy
As part of the NHS commitment to halve the maternal mortality rate by 2025, 17 new centres of excellence bringing together expert physicians, obstetricians, midwives, nurses and other clinicians will be available to help pregnant women with serious medical conditions. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Strike averted as nurses and midwives accept pay offer
Members of nursing and midwifery unions vote to accept the Scottish government's 6.5% pay deal. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ghana: 306 Students Matriculate At Zuarungu Nursing and Midwifery Training School
[Ghanaian Times] Zuarungu -- The Principal of the Zuarungu Nursing and Midwifery Training College (ZNMTC), Mr Michael Yidana Mantamia, has cautioned students to be focused in their academic work and explore all opportunities to develop themselves socially and culturally. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 17, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan ’s most remote villages
NIMROZ, Afghanistan– “Wake up! We have a delivery!” Suhila Rasuli whispered urgently the phone so as not to wake up the rest of her family so early in the morning. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

UNISON to recommend acceptance of NHS pay offer  
Commenting on the 2022/23 and 2023/24 pay offer to NHS staff in England, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:   “It’s a shame it took so long to get here. Health workers had to take many days of strike action, and thousands more had to threaten to join them, to get their unions into the room and proper talks underway.  “But following days of intensive talks between the government, unions and employers, there’s now an offer on the table for NHS staff.  “If accepted, the offer would boost pay significantly this year and mean a wage increase next year that’s more than the governmen...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - March 16, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release nhs pay Sara Gorton Source Type: news

U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Soared 40% During COVID-19 Pandemic
The U.S. maternal mortality rate, already far higher than peer countries, soared during the pandemic. More than 1,200 women in the U.S. died of complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth in 2021, a 40% jump from 2020, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That amounts to 32.9 deaths for every 100,000 live births. The spread of COVID-19 was partly responsible for the grim statistic, with about a quarter of 2020 and 2021 deaths attributed to the virus, according to an October report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. However, the new data suggest litt...
Source: TIME: Health - March 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelsey Butler/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate medicine Source Type: news

U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Soared 40% During the Pandemic
The U.S. maternal mortality rate, already far higher than peer countries, soared during the pandemic. More than 1,200 women in the U.S. died of complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth in 2021, a 40% jump from 2020, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That amounts to 32.9 deaths for every 100,000 live births. The spread of COVID-19 was partly responsible for the grim statistic, with about a quarter of 2020 and 2021 deaths attributed to the virus, according to an October report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. However, the new data suggest litt...
Source: TIME: Health - March 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelsey Butler/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate medicine Source Type: news

NHSE clinical chief leaves for overseas role
NHS England’s chief midwifery officer – who has been central to the response to recent maternity care controversies – is to leave her role and join an international advocacy group, it has announced. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 16, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

National preceptorship framework for midwifery
The framework is intended for midwives and can be used as a core set of standards where multidisciplinary preceptorship programmes are in place. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news