Showing 1 to 9 of 9 results
Quibdó Opens First Traditional Midwifery House in Colombia
In Quibdó, Colombia, the first traditional midwifery house opened, addressing the region's high maternal mortality rate and providing a safe space for midwifery practices.
Quibdó Opens First Traditional Midwifery House in Colombia
In Quibdó, Colombia, the first traditional midwifery house opened, addressing the region's high maternal mortality rate and providing a safe space for midwifery practices.
Progress
24% Bias Score
Maternity Hotel Addresses Nurse Shortage in Groningen"
Due to a shortage of maternity nurses in Groningen, Netherlands, a maternity hotel opened this week, offering guaranteed postnatal care in a hotel setting, addressing a critical staffing shortage and providing convenience to new parents.
Maternity Hotel Addresses Nurse Shortage in Groningen"
Due to a shortage of maternity nurses in Groningen, Netherlands, a maternity hotel opened this week, offering guaranteed postnatal care in a hotel setting, addressing a critical staffing shortage and providing convenience to new parents.
Progress
44% Bias Score
Baden-Württemberg Sees Surge in Midwifery Graduates After Shift to University Education
The first graduating class of Baden-Württemberg's university-based midwifery program produced 214 graduates in 2024, exceeding the 182 graduates from the prior year's school-based program; despite high demand for the 260 annual study places, the Social Ministry believes the number of new entrants is...
Baden-Württemberg Sees Surge in Midwifery Graduates After Shift to University Education
The first graduating class of Baden-Württemberg's university-based midwifery program produced 214 graduates in 2024, exceeding the 182 graduates from the prior year's school-based program; despite high demand for the 260 annual study places, the Social Ministry believes the number of new entrants is...
Progress
36% Bias Score
Midwife Cleared After Anti-Abortion Social Media Post
A student midwife, Sara Spencer, was investigated by Edinburgh Napier University for expressing anti-abortion views on a private social media group; after being cleared, she advocates for greater awareness of freedom of speech within health boards.
Midwife Cleared After Anti-Abortion Social Media Post
A student midwife, Sara Spencer, was investigated by Edinburgh Napier University for expressing anti-abortion views on a private social media group; after being cleared, she advocates for greater awareness of freedom of speech within health boards.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Kansas City Birth Center Closure Exposes Maternal Care Crisis
The closure of New Birth Company, the only independent licensed birth center in the Kansas City area, due to inadequate insurance reimbursement, highlights the nationwide shortage of maternal care options and the struggle for birth centers to stay afloat.
Kansas City Birth Center Closure Exposes Maternal Care Crisis
The closure of New Birth Company, the only independent licensed birth center in the Kansas City area, due to inadequate insurance reimbursement, highlights the nationwide shortage of maternal care options and the struggle for birth centers to stay afloat.
Progress
36% Bias Score
Racist Slur, Program Cuts Expose Systemic Racism at Sydney Hospital
A former Aboriginal midwife at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital quit after a racist slur was found on a staff whiteboard, highlighting systemic racism and prompting calls for improved cultural safety in healthcare; despite an investigation, no action was taken, and recent cuts to the hospital's...
Racist Slur, Program Cuts Expose Systemic Racism at Sydney Hospital
A former Aboriginal midwife at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital quit after a racist slur was found on a staff whiteboard, highlighting systemic racism and prompting calls for improved cultural safety in healthcare; despite an investigation, no action was taken, and recent cuts to the hospital's...
Progress
44% Bias Score
Baden-Württemberg Sees Surge in Midwifery Graduates Following Program Shift
In 2024, Baden-Württemberg saw 214 midwives graduate from the new university program, exceeding the 182 graduates from traditional schooling in 2023. This increase follows the 2021 launch of the university program, offering 260 annual study places, though not all students complete the program on tim...
Baden-Württemberg Sees Surge in Midwifery Graduates Following Program Shift
In 2024, Baden-Württemberg saw 214 midwives graduate from the new university program, exceeding the 182 graduates from traditional schooling in 2023. This increase follows the 2021 launch of the university program, offering 260 annual study places, though not all students complete the program on tim...
Progress
36% Bias Score
Medical Failures Lead to Four-Day-Old Baby's Death
Four-day-old Etta Lili Stockwell-Parry died at Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital in Bangor, Wales in July 2023 due to oxygen starvation during birth; an inquest found that midwives missed multiple opportunities to identify her high-risk status, resulting in a "gross failure to provide basic medical care".
Medical Failures Lead to Four-Day-Old Baby's Death
Four-day-old Etta Lili Stockwell-Parry died at Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital in Bangor, Wales in July 2023 due to oxygen starvation during birth; an inquest found that midwives missed multiple opportunities to identify her high-risk status, resulting in a "gross failure to provide basic medical care".
Progress
60% Bias Score
Permanently Banned Midwife Charged with Manslaughter in Baby's Death
A British Columbia woman, Gloria Lemay, permanently banned from midwifery since 2000, was arrested and charged with manslaughter following the death of a baby she assisted in delivering on December 27, 2023, who died on January 6, 2024; police believe her actions led to the child's death.
Permanently Banned Midwife Charged with Manslaughter in Baby's Death
A British Columbia woman, Gloria Lemay, permanently banned from midwifery since 2000, was arrested and charged with manslaughter following the death of a baby she assisted in delivering on December 27, 2023, who died on January 6, 2024; police believe her actions led to the child's death.
Progress
40% Bias Score
Showing 1 to 9 of 9 results