Midwifery

Voices From the Front Line

After a Personal Health Crisis Nearly Derails Her Career, This South African Nurse Returns to Public Healthcare to Care for High-Risk Patients

In a community facing health worker shortages among other socioeconomic challenges, Marleze Baartman is often caring for patients in medical emergency situations.

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Working in Primary Care to Help Ensure Everyone Receives Healthcare Without Discrimination

Despite limited resources, Constanza Quilodrán Valle is committed to empowering the women in her care to become active participants in their own health.

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A Digital Health Reporting Tool is Improving Both Client Health Outcomes and Health Worker Morale

Eliciting feedback from clients is helping build greater accountability towards high quality care and also promoting efficiencies and job satisfaction in facilities.

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Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in Australia to Lead Healthcare in their Communities

Advancing health equity by focusing on the health worker gap in First Nations communities is a core pillar of Johnson & Johnson Australia's Reconciliation Action Plan.

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Providing Culturally-Informed Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare for Indigenous Families

Improving birth outcomes in Indigenous communities by bringing back the knowledge, skills and leadership of Indigenous midwives.

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Enabling a Skilled, United and Motivated Nursing and Midwifery Workforce in Kenya Through a First-of-its-Kind National Policy

The launch of a new alliance and national policy in Kenya will create an enabling environment for nurses and midwives to deliver health services and grow and succeed through the profession.

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Voices From the Front Line

Fighting for Professional Recognition of Midwifery in Latin America

These midwives are helping to elevate the professional midwifery workforce in Mexico and Colombia while working to improve the lives of women and children in Indigenous communities.

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Supporting Vulnerable Mothers and Children in Lebanon

UNICEF Lebanon is working with partners including Johnson & Johnson Foundation to build the capacity of health workers in the country by strengthening primary and community health services.

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Enhancing Nursing and Midwifery Education in Africa for Equitable Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

Africa's progress in reducing maternal and infant mortality is lagging. Urgent investment in midwifery education and training is needed.

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Voices From the Front Line

Working to Increase the Number of Midwives—Especially “Melanated” Midwives—Across All Communities in the U.S.

Shortages of maternity care have reached critical levels in the U.S., yet midwives only attend around 10% of births. And only 8% of midwives in practice in the U.S. are midwives of color.

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