The increase of access to midwives in Jamaica through the Programme for the Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality (PROMAC)… [Read More]
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Creating a Safe Place for Women to Give Birth in Africa (Liberian Daily Observer)
Post Date: 06/02/2018
Liberia has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios, and also very high mortality rates for newborns. In response, Africare… [Read More]
New Mexico’s Midwife Programs Garner National Attention (KOB 4)
Post Date: 05/10/2018
A group of researchers ranked New Mexico second in the U.S. when it comes to the high number of midwives,… [Read More]
An Alternative to Delivering Babies at the Hospital (WBHM)
Post Date: 05/06/2018
Alabama has the second-highest infant mortality rate. And more rural hospitals are closing, leaving tens of thousands without convenient access… [Read More]
Mapping Integration of Midwives across the United States: Impact on Access, Equity, and Outcomes (Vedam, 2018)
Post Date: 02/26/2018
Vedam, Saraswathi, Kathrin Stoll, Marian MacDorman et al., “Mapping Integration of Midwives across the United States: Impact on Access, Equity,… [Read More]
She’s a Person, Not a Uterus: Fighting Women’s Global Health Disparities with Dignity
Post Date: 11/06/2017
Across the globe, it’s far too easy to find cases of women who are exploited, mistreated, harmed, and even killed… [Read More]
More Nepali Women Seek Health Care Delivery (Himalayan Times)
Post Date: 07/27/2017
Nepal has become the topmost country in the entire South Asia region in terms of the number of expectant mothers… [Read More]
Birth Outcomes for Women Using Free-Standing Birth Centers in South Aukland, New Zealand (Bailey, 2017)
Post Date: 05/25/2017
Bailey, David John, “Birth Outcomes for Women Using Free-Standing Birth Centers in South Aukland, New Zealand, Birth 44, no.3 (May… [Read More]
Global Women’s Health, Commodification, and the Abortion Debate
Post Date: 02/01/2017
In 2012, The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity’s (CBHD) annual conference explored the theological roots of human dignity… [Read More]
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act
Post Date: 01/10/2017
U.S. Congress. House. Improving Access to Maternity Care Act. HR 315. 115th Cong., 1st sess. Congressional Record 163, no. 5,… [Read More]
