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Extreme Fears of Birth Are Affecting Maternal Health Outcomes in the US

A 2023 study by Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health Journal found that significantly more than half of American (62%) women have an intense fear of birth, known as tokophobia. Black

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US increases loan forgiveness for OB-GYNs, midwives and physician assistants who practice in underserved communities and 'maternal care deserts' | Health

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a $25,000 increase in loan forgiveness available to primary care providers in designated underserved areas.

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World Health Day 2024

The theme for World Health Day 2024, celebrated on 7 April, is 'My health, my right’. It was chosen to champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination.

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How Jamarah Amani fights for birth justice in Miami

After giving birth to her second child 17 years ago with the help of a doctor, Jamarah Amani recognized that hospitals often traumatize pregnant women.

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Kentucky Senate advances bill that would require Medicaid to cover some midwife services

Kentucky Medicaid would begin covering licensed certified professional midwife (LCPM) services under a bill approved Thursday by the state Senate.

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No doctor, no midwife – why more women are giving birth alone

While Lucy Sharp was giving birth to her second child – a son – at her home in May 2022, her three-year-old daughter Matilda peered around the living room door to see what was going on. She saw her mother in the birthing pool, surrounded by candles, the Bette Midler song Wind Beneath My Wings playing in the background.

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Retired Bar Harbor midwife to teach in Malawi, Africa

BAR HARBOR — Fulbright grantee and local retired nurse-midwife Linda Robinson is set to return to landlocked Malawi, Africa to teach midwifery at the Kamuzu College of Nursing. Inspired by

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Midwifery Grant | Eastern North Carolina Now

Federal grant expands midwifery care for North Carolina

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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence 2023

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November, followed by the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, is a global moment to help #EndViolence against women and girls.

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Vanderbilt receives $4M for midwifery program

Nurse-midwife discusses preventing maternal deaths, curriculum changes

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