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Public education about birth centers and the midwifery model of care is crucial. How can we increase awareness and accessibility to birth centers in our communities? Let's discuss! #PublicHealth #midwifery #birth
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Tonight’s show is personal for me. As this country faces a maternal health crisis, especially for Black women, I share why I ended up giving birth to my daughter at home – and why many Black women are finding that safety in childbirth is not always as simple as going to a hospital. Watch tonight, December 17, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CNN.
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I joined my friend and colleague @AudieCornish on her podcast The Assignment this week to talk about my new doc on the rise in home birth among Black women.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Watch The Whole Story Dec. 17th at 9pm ET on @CNN.
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📌 On #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen we #PassTheMic to Dora Lozica on Korčula Island in Croatia who shares her experiences and wishes for pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care.
Spoiler: Rural women want midwives❗️
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📚 The Mothers on Respect index (MOR) is a scale developed to assess the nature of respectful patient-provider interactions and their impact on a person’s sense of comfort, behavior, and perceptions of racism or discrimination. To request MOR, visit ➡️ birthplacelab.org/to-access-…
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Panellists from WHO, UNFPA, ICM, Laerdal, Maternity Foundation, and Nepal society of midwives talking on the impact of midwives
Sustainability- WHO
No blaming cultures - UNFPA
Competencies of midwives and standards quality and safe care - ICM
@FrankaCadee @OliveTengera @world_midwives @umrakhan
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"At least mom and baby are healthy!"
If your only measure of "healthy" is "didn't die", then you are actively diminishing the true lived experience of the person who gave birth. If someone says their birth was harmful to them, YOU LISTEN.
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The power of data mapping in midwifery. Accessibility of geographical data can make a difference and drive investment in midiwfery. Inspiring work presented at @world_midwives by @MidwifeMandyf @DirectRelief – at Bali, Indonesia
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“When I heard those babies crying, it was louder than every shell for those days and the most powerful of songs. This cry was something that helped us stand up and keep doing what we were doing. And it was the light of hope,” Vira Tselyk on delivering 136 babies in a bomb shelter
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Language matters for positive birth experience 🧡 @BirteLam presenting the finding from the RCM Re:Birth project at #ICM2023 #MidwivesInBali @world_midwives @MidwivesRCM
Come to the RCM stand to pick up your FREE language guide (and much more)✨
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“Women never stop giving birth during humanitarian disasters. Women still need access to sexual and reproductive health, even more than before.” @JeffthanieMath1, young Haitian midwife, discusses the violence in Haiti and its impact on women, midwives, and #SRH. #ICM2023
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Here’s your daily ICM Congress 2023 recap! 👇 #ICM2023 #MidwivesInBali
1st-day attendees witnessed the inaugural plenary session, which focused on realising the top demands of midwives, along with various workshops and sessions.
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Passing the #Momnibus is a critical step to address the maternal health crisis in rural communities across the United States
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Here’s the link to the story about #MIPH23 claremont-courier.com/school…
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Black Maternal Health Week 2023 is officially here! As the founders of #BMHW, #BMMA is excited to kick off this annual campaign for the 6th year! We encourage you to engage with us & our partners at blackmamasmatter.org/BMHWH. Happy Black Maternal Health Week! #BMHW23
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Happening this Friday. I am excited about The Black Maternal Health Conference!!!!!
#BMHC2023 #Tufts #TuftsUniversity #BMMTufts #CBMHRJTufts
#Blackmaternalhealth #maternalhealth #nurses #midwives #midwifery
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Join us! @black_midwives @ADBPhD @KelDaroe @iamn0tthe1 @ndgrayson @PublicHealthy @JennieJoseph @Ebmidwif @mclemoremr @Shafia_SMC @RJEpiOBWarrior @leseliey
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It is World #HealthWorker Week!
🧑⚕️Doctors
🧑⚕️Nurses
🧑⚕️Care workers
🧑⚕️Technicians
🧑⚕️Pharmacists
🧑⚕️Midwives
& many others
are working tirelessly to keep us safe & healthy. We must invest & protect the health workforce to ensure #HealthForAll.
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"The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. continues to exceed the rate in other high-income countries. In 2020, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. was 24 deaths per 100,000 live births — more than 3 times the rate in most other high-income countries."
commonwealthfund.org/blog/20…
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Dear global community of #midwives: Could you be one of ICM's next Board Members?
ICM is seeking new, competent candidates for its Board to direct the vision, mission and strategy of ICM.
Would you make a good candidate? Learn more and apply below 👇
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