Nurses and Midwives for Inclusion Health: Partnership in Practice is a new professional interest group of nurse and midwife practitioners working in contexts where access to/uptake of health services is limited as a result of marginalisation, discrimination or lack of
Maternity and pregnancy discrimination is unfortunately still very common, what advice can midwives give to women who are experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment? Here we explain how to negotiate an exit from an employer.
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The 32nd ICM Triennial Congress 2020 takes place in Bali, Indonesia from the 21st to the 25th June 2020.
We will be attending the congress along with our friends from Narrowcast Media Group who will be filming and streaming the event
When we think of pregnancy we imagine rounded bellies nurturing the baby within, expectant mothers adorned in flowing dresses with cascading hair and glowing skin.
For those people who want to have children pregnancy is idealised and we anticipate nine
A report published today by the charities Birth Companions and Birthrights highlights the need for a more proactive, integrated approach to addressing the maternity care needs of women experiencing multiple disadvantages during pregnancy and early motherhood.
Through in-depth interviews with women
Whether or not certain elements of the media are to be believed, it has recently been speculated that a certain Duchess is looking into the option of using water for labour and/or birth.
The media over the course of my waterbirth
Whether you’re newly pregnant or planning a pregnancy, you might be wondering about prenatal testing. The good news is, advances in technology mean there are more options for early and more accurate screening. A simple blood draw can usually give
Monday mornings are always quite stressful wherever you work, and in Kule refugee camp in Ethiopia, this was no exception.
Kule refugee camp has a population of over 55,000 South Sudanese people displaced from their homes due to the ongoing fighting.
Life for African Mothers (formerly Hope for Grace Kodindo) was formed following the screening of BBC Panorama’s “Dead Mums Don’t Cry” in 2005.
The programme showed the tragedy of maternal mortality in Chad, one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s poorest countries, where in
In this article, Victoria Joel (NSPCC Implementation Manager) and Emma Glendinning (Baby Steps Operational lead for Wiltshire, Salisbury Foundation Trust) share their learning from delivering Baby Steps, a perinatal educations programme for vulnerable parents-to-be.
They will discuss how through joint strategic