Maternal Health

The Role of Community-Based Midwifery in Eliminating Maternity Care Deserts

The Role of Community-Based Midwifery in Eliminating Maternity Care Deserts

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Across both developing nations and rural corridors within high-income countries, millions of families face a growing healthcare crisis: the expansion of maternity care deserts. A maternity care desert is defined as a county or geographic area lacking access to hospitals offering obstetric care, birth centers, or licensed OB-GYN providers. When access to basic reproductive healthcare […]

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AI and Technology in Midwifery: How Innovation Is Supporting Smarter Maternal Care

Innovation & Technology, Maternal Health, Midwifery Practice /

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept reserved for technology companies and research laboratories. It has arrived in the clinic, the delivery room, and the community health center. For midwives, this shift brings both exciting opportunity and legitimate questions — about how these tools work, which ones are trustworthy, and whether technology can ever

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The Global Midwife Shortage Crisis: Why the World Needs One Million More Midwives

Advocacy, Global Midwifery, Maternal Health /

Every day, hundreds of women and newborns die from entirely preventable causes. Behind many of those preventable deaths is a single, devastating truth: there are simply not enough midwives in the world. The global midwife shortage has reached a critical point, and the international midwifery community is sounding the alarm louder than ever before. As

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Addressing Racial Disparities in Maternal Health A Midwife’s Role in Health Equity

Health Equity, Maternal Health, Midwifery /

The Alarming Reality of Racial Disparities in Maternal Health The United States is facing a maternal mortality crisis, and the burden is not shared equally. Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. This staggering disparity is not due to

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