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International Day of the Midwife: Invest in midwives to save more lives UNFPA
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Dr Natalia Kanem, the Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA), has stressed the need for increased investment in midwives to save more lives.
She made the call in a statement issued by the UNFPA Nigeria Media Consultant, Mrs Kori Habib, on Wednesday in Abuja to mark the 2021 International Day of the Midwife (IDM), with the theme “Follow the Data, Invest in Midwives.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IDM is annually marked on May 5 around the globe
to highlight the important roles nurses and midwives play in national development.
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TORONTO A hospital in the United Kingdom has issued new guidelines for midwives asking they stop using terms such as breastfeeding and breast milk to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary people. In a statement posted to its website, the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) said it is encouraging staff to use phrases including birthing parents and human milk rather than using language that only refers to women and mothers. According to the new policy, the hospital says maternity care should also be called perinatal services. At BSUH we acknowledge the additional challenges that gender identity can have on pregnancy, birth and infant feeding. We recognise the importance of providing inclusive, respectful perinatal care to all pregnant people and their families, BSUH said in the statement.
Hospital Asks Midwives to Stop Using Terms Breastfeeding, Breast Milk to Be More Inclusive
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A U.K. hospital has issued new guidelines encouraging midwives to stop using terms such as breastfeeding and breast milk in an effort to be more inclusive of transgender and nonbinary people.
The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH), a regional teaching hospital working across two sites, is urging staff to use phrases such as birthing parents and human milk instead of language that addresses only women. At BSUH we acknowledge the additional challenges that gender identity can have on pregnancy, birth and infant feeding. We recognize the importance of providing inclusive, respectful perinatal care to all pregnant people and their families, BSUH said in a statement published on its website in January.
Islanders call on health minister for midwifery update
Islanders lobbying to have midwives regulated and allowed to practise within P.E.I. s publicly funded health-care system are calling on the health minister to provide a new timeline for when that will happen.
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