Midwifery

News & Insights
A Tale of Two Worlds in Maternal Health
In one world, childbirth is overly medicalized. A C-section can be lifesaving in obstetric emergencies, but a rise in C-sections for nonemergencies has become a global concern. The second world is one in which access to essential health services is limited. More than 800 women and 7,000 babies who are less than a month old die every day due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. The majority of these deaths could be prevented through access to quality health care.
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Events
Front Line in Focus Webinar: What Data, Midwives and Women Are Telling Us
Watch a recording on May 27 webinar below
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Events
Apply Today to the Midwifery Leadership Link Program
Are you an early career midwife interested in improving your leadership skills? The American College of Nurse Midwives in partnership with the Johnson & Johnson Foundation is recruiting now for an 8-week virtual leadership program. Up to 12 CEUs are available. Your participation and feedback will be crucial for shaping how we educate future midwifery leaders. Midwives of color and members of historically marginalized communities are particularly encouraged to apply.
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Science in Action: Collaborating in Georgia to Improve Black Maternal Health
The Johnson & Johnson Health of Women team is partnering with multiple academic institutions, health workers, community organizations and maternal health leaders in Georgia to develop evidence-based solutions aimed at improving maternal healthcare for Black mothers.
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Voices From the Front Line
Midwives Improve Quality of Care for Mothers in Mexico
Alina D. Bishop Velarde, a midwife in Morelos, Mexico, is seeking to promote the humanization of birth. “It’s something many women in Mexico do not experience during childbirth,” she says. “In this world everything is going so quickly, we forget about this human ingredient.”
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A Pandemic Response Rooted in Community Health Provides a Blueprint for Building Forward
At the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation, we recognize that frontline health workers are the heart of strong community and primary care systems. When the world shifted its attention to health workers amidst COVID-19, the Center was already working with partners around the globe to strengthen community-based health systems by supporting frontline health workers to achieve health for all by 2030.
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New Study Reveals Investing in Midwives Could Save Millions of Lives
Lancet Global Health published a new study, Potential impact of midwives in preventing and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and stillbirths: a Lives Saved Tool modelling study, that documents the potential impact of midwives in preventing and reducing maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. Led by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Confederation of Midwives and the World Health Organization, the study—based on data from 88 countries—calls for greater investment in the profession, not only to increase the numbers of midwives but to improve their education, training, regulation and working environment.
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Voices From the Front Line
Working for the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Vulnerable Girls and Women in Northern Ghana
John Lazame Tindanbil, Executive Director of MABIA-Ghana, is a recipient of the 2020 Aspen Nurse Innovator Grant in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Foundation. The grant recognizes nurse/midwife innovators for their innovative practices to provide healthcare access to marginalized communities.
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Preterm Births and Midwifery
The day of birth should be among the happiest days for a family. However, this joy may turn into sorrow and anguish when the baby is born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy) and struggles for survival. Worldwide, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm, which is more than 1 in 10. Complications due to preterm birth are the single leading cause of neonatal deaths, accounting for 35% of the 3.1 million neonatal deaths every year. Among the babies who survive, some may face life-long health issues related to preterm birth such as hearing, visual and learning disabilities.
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Indigenous Midwives in the Lead: Connecting Communities and Delivering Culturally Competent Care
A 2018 study in The Lancet showed that 5 million people in low- to middle-income countries died in 2016 from poor quality healthcare, and an additional 1.5 million people from not having access to care itself.
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