Safe Motherhood Week

by Danielle Barron · 9 Oct 2020

Safety first: What’s best for both mother and baby when it comes to medication in pregnancy

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.…

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Safe Motherhood Week

by Danielle Barron · 9 Oct 2020

Positive pregnancy experience in the COVID era – what will be the new normal?

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…

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Safe Motherhood Week

by Danielle Barron · 9 Oct 2020

Filling the knowledge gap

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…

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Safe Motherhood Week

by Danielle Barron · 9 Oct 2020

Celebrating nurses and midwives in 2020

It is almost ironic that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had designated 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” in honor of the 200th anniversary of…

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Safe Motherhood Week

by Helena Harnik · 9 Oct 2020

Safe Motherhood Week 2020 – join us in celebrating nurses and midwives as we continue our efforts to ensure every woman has a positive pregnancy experience

Helena Harnik, Programmes Director, Motherhood Collective Impact Program (MCIP), The Synergist The Motherhood Collective Impact program (MCIP) is a not-for-profit partnership that aims to address the most challenging issues in…

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Maternal Health

by Danielle Barron · 28 Mar 2020

COVID-19: What’s the advice for pregnant and breastfeeding women?

The world is holding its breath as we face down the pandemic that is the coronavirus or Covid-19. Among those most fearful are pregnant women and new mothers.  Pregnancy is…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 12 Feb 2020

Bridging the knowledge gap for pregnant and breastfeeding women

The EU-funded Innovative Medicines Initiative, CONCEPTION, aims to improve monitoring and communication of medication safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding. Here we speak to two of the project’s leaders about their…

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Pregnancy & Medicine Initiative

by Danielle Barron · 25 Nov 2019

Flu vaccine in pregnancy – safe and necessary

Pregnant women need to have access to safe and timely vaccinations, however, this is not always the case. Concerns about the impact on the unborn infant and lack of evidence…

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Safe Motherhood Week

by Danielle Barron · 3 Nov 2019

Poor access to maternal care not just a developing world issue

Every woman should have access to safe and appropriate antenatal care. While there may be obvious barriers to this in resource-poor countries, the high maternal mortality rate in the US,…

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