BCBSTX, Huston-Tillotson University announce collaboration aimed at culturally-aligned health care and improving Texas maternal, infant health outcomes
Special Beginnings expands with HT's new Boldly B.L.U.E. grant to train doulas and develop midwife and lactation curriculums, business acumen, research network AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) and Huston-Tillotson University (HT),... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: WOM LIC Source Type: news
Nigeria: Gates Foundation Lists Measures to Prevent Stillbirth, Infant Death in Low - Middle-Income Countries
[Premium Times] The report also highlights seven life-saving innovations, which they said could be easily implemented by midwives and birth attendants to reduce maternal mortality. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 14, 2023 Category: OBGYN Tags: Aid and Assistance Governance Health and Medicine Nigeria Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Source Type: news
Too Many Mothers Are Dying in Childbirth. Here ’s How They Can Be Saved
With recent reports of difficult pregnancies and births from celebrities like Beyonce, Serena Williams, and Alyson Felix, and the death of Olympian Tori Bowie during childbirth, the long-overlooked dangers of maternal and child mortality have become increasingly prominent.
In a new report published by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the global health philanthropic group highlights lagging progress in achieving United Nations (UN) goals for lowering mother and child deaths, along with innovative ways of addressing the problems with relatively inexpensive and easy to implement solutions that the group projects co...
Source: TIME: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Florence Nightingale Foundation president steps down
Baroness Mary Watkins of Tavistock will step down as president of the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) at the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM) today. After seven years as president of the nursing and midwifery charity, Baroness Watkins, a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, will be ending her tenure due to other commitments. Commenting... Read moreThe post Florence Nightingale Foundation president steps down appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - September 12, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
NMC ‘still taking too long’ to conclude FtP cases, warns super-regulator
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has once again failed to meet a standard set by the super-regulator around its timeliness of dealing with fitness to practise (FtP) cases. The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) recognised some positive changes the NMC has made to address its FtP challenges, but it said the nursing regulator was ‘still... Read moreThe post NMC ‘still taking too long’ to conclude FtP cases, warns super-regulator appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - September 6, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
NHS bursary for nursing students in Wales extended until 2025
The Welsh Government has extended its NHS bursary scheme to support nursing students with tuition fees and living costs until 2025, it has been confirmed. The bursary, which provides non-repayable support, is offered to student nurses, midwives and allied healthcare professionals who commit to working in Wales for up to two years after their studies.... Read moreThe post NHS bursary for nursing students in Wales extended until 2025 appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - September 5, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Birth can be dismal for Black women. What this hospital is doing to stop that
MLK Community Hospital employs midwives to try to improve births for Black women, a practice that hospital officials fear could be difficult to sustain. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - September 3, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Emily Alpert Reyes Source Type: news
Hospitals pay midwives up to £2,000 a shift to plug staffing gaps
The Royal College of Midwives estimates that the NHS in England has a shortfall of 2,500 midwives. Data reveals 86 NHS trusts in England spent more than £ 96 million on agency and bank midwives in 2022/23. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Student nurses now able to claim 50% more for placement travel costs
Nursing students will now be able to claim 50% more for travel and accommodation expenses incurred during clinical placements, as part of a move which the government says will mean students are ‘appropriately reimbursed’. Eligible students on nursing, midwifery, allied health professions, medical and dental courses in England will benefit from the increase which will... Read moreThe post Student nurses now able to claim 50% more for placement travel costs appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - September 1, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Midwife-led pandemic telemedicine services for maternal health and gender-based violence screening in Bangladesh: an implementation research case study - Islam A, Begum F, Williams A, Basri R, Ara R, Anderson R.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted maternal and newborn health services in Bangladesh, exacerbating the large gaps in service utilization that existed prior to the pandemic. As part of its response, Bangladesh initiated remote antenatal and postna... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Influence of educational intervention on nurse-midwives' knowledge and management practices of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in healthcare facilities in Ekiti-State, Nigeria - Olaitan Bamigboye T, Oladunni Irinoye O, Olufemi Ayandiran E, Olowokere AE, Adeniyi Adedeji O, Tolulope Esan D.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the influence of an educational intervention on midwives' knowledge, detection and management of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Methods
A quasi-experimental study involving 158 midwives from two districts in Ekiti State, Nigeria... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news
Couple thank student midwife who gave birth to their daughter
Surrogate Jennifer Halliday gave birth to baby Connie in Paisley two weeks ago. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Botswana: Delegates Embrace Framework for Nursing Midwifery Strategy
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee (RC73) delegates have welcomed the framework for implementing the global strategic directions for Nursing and Midwifery 2021-2025 in the WHO African region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 31, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Botswana Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Midwife's warning on leaving house with young babies - as three-week-old dies at festival
EXCLUSIVE: Midwife Pip Davies warned of sudden infant death syndrome, which happens when a newborn is too hot. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One Man ’ s Quest to Heal the Oceans —And Maybe Save the World
Enric Sala—marine ecologist, conservationist, and ocean advocate—is standing under a life-size replica of a Northern Atlantic Right Whale at the natural history museum in Washington, D.C., and the air outside is smudged with wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada. It’s not surprising that Sala wants to talk about the smoke, or about whales. Their poop, however, is an unexpected twist. According to Sala, whale excrement, or, more precisely, the lack of it, has a role to play in the choking miasma that has forced my interview with one of the world’s foremost ocean explorers indoors instead of out on...
Source: TIME: Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate TIME 2030 Source Type: news
