Staffing issues force reduction in midwifery services in Fort Smith, N.W.T.
Expectant parents that would have otherwise given birth in the South Slave community are now being sent to Yellowknife. Primary care appointments and emergency-only services remain in place. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - January 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/North Source Type: news
Ongoing disputes make it impossible to submit evidence to NHS pay review body, say health unions
Health unions won’t be submitting joint evidence to the NHS pay review body for the next wage round while the current industrial disputes remain unresolved, it has been announced today (Wednesday).
Instead, the 14 unions – representing more than one million ambulance staff, nurses, porters, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and other NHS workers in England – have called for direct pay talks with ministers.
Unions believe the lengthy pay review body process is not able to deliver what is needed right now. That’s a deal that resolves the current pay and staffing dispute and puts in place a settlement needed to ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 11, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release nhs pay Sara Gorton Source Type: news
Ongoing disputes make it impossible to submit evidence to NHS pay review body, say health unions
Health unions won’t be submitting joint evidence to the NHS pay review body for the next wage round while the current industrial disputes remain unresolved, it has been announced today (Wednesday).
Instead, the 14 unions – representing more than one million ambulance staff, nurses, porters, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and other NHS workers in England – have called for direct pay talks with ministers.
Unions believe the lengthy pay review body process is not able to deliver what is needed right now. That’s a deal that resolves the current pay and staffing dispute and puts in place a settlement needed...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 11, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Sophie Goodchild Tags: News Press release nhs pay Source Type: news
Maya calendar may be more than 3000 years old, laser mapping reveals
In the western, volcano-ringed highlands of Guatemala, Guillermo Barreno Minera keeps watch over the skies. As an
ajq’ij
, a daykeeper and spiritual guide, the stars and landscape help him keep track of the 260-day calendar that has ruled the life of his Maya K’iche’ community—an Indigenous group of about 1.6 million people—in Quetzaltenango for generations. Exactly how long people have been using this timekeeping system has posed a mystery. But a new study suggests the ancient calendar used by Maya and Olmec cultures may date back as early as 1100 B.C.E., centuries earlier than previous estimates.
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Source: ScienceNOW - January 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Kenya: Motorcycle Ambulance Helps Pregnant Women in Drought-Stricken Community to Access Life-Saving Maternal Health Care
[UNFPA] Turkana South Sub-County -- Every month, midwives at Katilu sub-county hospital deliver more than 60 babies to women living in Turkana South sub-county, saving the lives of mothers experiencing complications, and those of their newborns. "We pride ourselves in having recorded zero maternal deaths in our facility over the last year," says medical superintendent Mathew Bundotich. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 5, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mum shamed by own family for being 'too old' after falling pregnant at 42
"When I went to register with the local midwife and I told her my date of birth, she gasped." (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa ’s Maternal Deaths Need Urgent Action to Meet SDG Goals
Africa needs to urgently invest in health programmes to reduce maternal deaths, which is more than five times above the 2030 SDG target of fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births. Measures include ensuring women access to skilled birth attendants. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPSBy Francis KokutseACCRA, Jan 3 2023 (IPS) As the effects of COVID-19 on Africa’s health sector become clearer, it looks the continent will need to take urgent steps to overcome the disruptions suffered in the breakdown in antenatal and postnatal care for women and newborns and neonatal intensive care units. The pandemic brought some setba...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Francis Kokutse Tags: Africa COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Ghana IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Re Source Type: news
"We beat them to help them push": midwives' perceptions on obstetric violence in the Ashante and western regions of Ghana - Yalley AA.
Obstetric violence has been recognized as a major impediment to facility-based delivery, increasing the risk of preventable complications and maternal mortality. In Ghana, studies on women's birth experiences reveal enormous and brutal acts of violence dur... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Preparedness of Australian and British nurses and midwives about domestic violence and abuse - Ali P, Ayyaz R, McGarry J, Younas A, Watson R, East L.
BACKGROUND: Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a major health problem that affects individuals across the world. Nurses, midwives and healthcare providers need to be confident and competent in identifying and responding to DVA. AIMS: To measure current l... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Speed Up the Rate of Progress On Midwifery in East and Southern Africa, New UNFPA Report Urges
[UNFPA] The number of midwives in East and Southern Africa has increased by 8 per cent since 2017, yet a shortage of almost 300,000 midwives remains. The 146,000 midwives in the region mean there are 2.5 midwives per 10,000 population - far lower than the global average of 4.4. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 28, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Women voice their need for personalised risk messaging, effectively balancing a 'better safe than sorry' approach with a need for evidence-based risk communication - Mackintosh N, Gong QS.
Commentary on: Blaylock R, Trickey H, Sanders J, Murphy C. WRISK voices: A mixed-methods study of women's experiences of pregnancy-related public health advice and risk messages in the UK. Midwifery. 2022 Oct;113:103433. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103433. Ep... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Tanzania: Health Personnel Commends Mwinyi for Improving Services
[Daily News] HEALTH workers led by nurses and midwives have commended President Hussein Mwinyi for leading the Islands towards quality health care. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 22, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Midwives in Scotland reject latest NHS pay offer
Members of the Royal College of Midwives are considering strike action after voting down a pay deal. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - December 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
746 births over 36 years: Inuk midwife long served her remote community
Nunavik midwife Akinsie Qumaluk handled surprise twins, haemorrhaging and no access to emergency planes in her community of Puvirnituq. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Four Steps toward a Stronger African Health Workforce in 2030 and Beyond
By Onikepe Owolabi ,
Senior global technical director for family planning and maternal, newborn, and child health ; Esther Tumbare,
Senior global technical director for HIV
Nicodemas Ondies, medical lab officer at Tudor Subcounty Hospital in Mombasa County, Kenya takes samples from a client. Photo by Edwin Joe for IntraHealth International.December 20, 2022As 2022 ends, the world is reflecting on and trying to recover from the third year of an ongoing pandemic. The road to recovery is long and made even more difficult by the massive shortage of what drives health systems: the health worker.Last week, this shortage ...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Health workforce development Leadership and Governance Policy & Advocacy Systems Health Workers Source Type: news
