Brian McMahon, Communications Specialist at Scope Impact, outlines how their innovative project aimed to revolutionise maternity services and improve mortality outcomes. While maternal and infant mortality rates have dropped significantly in the last 20 years,...
Danielle Barron outlines a number of research projects seeking to determine the impact of the new coronavirus on pregnancy and infant outcomes. One of the goals of Safe Motherhood Week 2020 is to highlight the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic presents for...
Mr Fergal O’Shaughnessy is a pharmacist and PhD candidate at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and SPHeRE programme at the Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He spoke to Danielle Barron on the need for better information on the...
Sarah Bar-Zeev and Petra ten Hoope-Bender of UNFPA discuss how midwives play a crucial role in ensuring a positive pregnancy experience for all women while the pandemic continues Nobody told the 140 million babies that will be born this year that there’s a global...
The information needs of women who need to take medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding are not currently being met. A new project aims to change that, writes Danielle Barron. Over 200 million women will become pregnant each year, of which a significant...
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