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A New Guideline Aimed at Preventing Primary Cesareans
March 2014 – The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) have released the first guideline, Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean...
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US MERA 2nd Annual Face-to-Face Workgroup Meeting – Summary Released
April 2014 – The US Midwifery Education, Regulation, and Association (US MERA) Workgroup met on April 10-13, 2014 to continue discussions on how to expand access to high quality midwifery care and...
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Launch of the 2014 State of the World’s Midwifery Report
June 3, 2014 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have released the 2014 edition of State of...
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The Lancet Global Health Series on Midwifery Goes Live
June 23, 2014 – The Lancet has published a series comprised of four international studies on midwifery. Developed by a multidisciplinary group of academics, researchers, women and child health...
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Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing Report released by Childbirth Connection
January 13, 2015 – Childbirth Connection programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families released a major new report, Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for...
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ACOG/SMFM Propose a New Classification System for US Maternity Care Facilities
January 22, 2015 – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine issued a consensus document proposing a classification system for levels of maternal...
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Are Hospitals the Safest Place for Healthy Women to Give Birth? An...
June 2015 – Dr. Neel Shah, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School, published an article earlier this month opening the discussion about...
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Giving Voice To Mothers
Giving Voice to Mothers What do you think is most important for your birth care? Researchers from the University of British Columbia invite you to participate in an anonymous survey about experiences...
View ArticleAWHONN Position Statement on Midwifery Affirms Birthplace Options, Transfer...
A woman’s right to choose a full range of providers and settings for pregnancy and birth was recently affirmed in a position statement on midwifery by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and...
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Over-intervention in maternity care
Over-intervention in maternity care was addressed by experts including the Home Birth Summit’s Saraswathi Vedam at a recent panel held by the Wilson Center, the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum...
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