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  • Pre-Service Education Toolkit

    Tulenko K (IntraHealth International, supporting organization), USAID, Jhpeigo, MChip. 2011.  This pre-service education toolkit outlines key programmatic steps, highlights lessons learned, and identifies key resources to assist country programs, donors, and governments to develop...

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  • Community Health Workers Counseling Women in India

    Jharna Tigga Jharna Tigga works with the Indian government’s Integrated Child Development Services program supervising about 40 Anganwadi centers. She has been doing this work for the past two decades, visiting four centers a day when public transportation is available. When...

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  • New UNFPA Report Highlights Need for 350,000 More Midwives

    Last week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partner agencies released The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 report, which shows the world is short 350,000 midwives—nearly the same number of women who die each year from complications of pregnancy or childbirth:...

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  • The World Needs Midwives Today More Than Ever

    On May 5, Griffith University, Otago Polytechnic, and the University of Canberra will host the Virtual International Day of the Midwife conference. This free, online event:  presents online events every hour for 24 hours on the 5th May starting at 12pm New Zealand time. All are welcome...

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  • The Lancet Publishes a New Series on Stillbirths

    The Lancet * has published a new series on stillbirths . The Series highlights the rates and causes of stillbirth globally, explores cost-effective interventions to prevent stillbirths (as well as maternal and neonatal deaths), and sets key actions to halve stillbirth rates by 2020. Also...

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  • Celebrating a ‘Brilliant Visionary’:
    Malian Midwife Makes a Difference

    Fatoumata Maïga Dicko is a proud Malian midwife who has never regretted her career choice. “I was actually inspired by another midwife,” she shares. ”She had a great reputation, and everyone spoke highly of her. When I saw how good she was to other women, she made me...

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  • Voices from the Field: Sangeeta Delivers—Helping Indian Women, Infants Survive Childbirth

    “I am not an expert like others, many things taught are new to me, and I don’t know how I will remember them all. I don’t know how I will conduct delivery during the clinical training sessions.” Training Gives Confidence to Auxiliary Nurse Midwives Sangeeta Kumari is...

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  • Launch of Nutrition Mission Based on Coalition’s Recommendations

    Although India has made tremendous advances in science, medicine, information technology, and many other fields, and has experienced unprecedented economic growth over the past decade, malnutrition remains unacceptably high. [1] Half of India’s population does not get enough protein,...

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  • Rwanda Makes Strides in Health for Mothers and Children

    IRIN Africa recently reported on Rwanda\'s improvements in maternal and child health. In a region with some of the world’s worst indicators for maternal and child mortality, Rwanda is working hard to ensure mothers and their children have access to life-saving medical interventions.

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