According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this type of large -scale rescue is possible, if Midwife care is universally accessible and consistent with international standards.
“” Expanding and investment in midwifery care models are one of the most effective strategies to improve maternal and newborn health on a global scale“Said Dr. Anshu Banerjee, director of health and aging of kindergarten, children and adolescents WHO.
In a recently released reportWho described how individual countries, with the support of the international community, can mobilize stakeholders and relevant institute policies that support midwives.
Midwifery
Midwives around the world work with diligence to provide a continuum of care for women, including care surrounding sexual and reproductive health, pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care.
Stressing personalized and culturally concerned approaches, midwives are particularly useful for reducing obstacles to access to women in rural or conflict regions where hospitals may not be accessible.
“Qualified midwives help women trust their bodies, their capacities and their care … Ensure that women are constantly part of decision-making and have access to the information they need,” Ulrika Rehnstrom law, a midwife expert in Who.
The WHO report pointed out that midwives’ care models are particularly important because the concerns of over-medication in childbirth become more pronounced.
“In a world where childbirth is more and more medicalized, [midwives] Offer an approach based on evidence focused on the person who Respects the physiological process of birth, restores dignity and autonomy to maternity care“Said Anna Ugglas, Director General of the International Confederation of Midwives.
Implement a global imperative
Currently the world faces A global shortage of about a million midwives. A concentrated and transverse action is necessary to reverse this shortage.
“Midwife care models are not only intelligent solutions-they are a necessity,” said Ms. Ugglas.
The WHO report has stressed that the increase in the number of midwives in the world requires political action in many sectors, including health and education, in addition to advocacy campaigns.
In Morocco, the association of midwives has carried out an awareness campaign which distributed leaflets and cultivated partnerships with women and civil society organizations.
This campaign finally led to legislation in 2016 which defined what the midwife was, the first of its kind in Morocco.
As the Moroccan example indicates, the report indicates that the development of policies, advocacy and implementation must all occur simultaneously and that each country must adopt a specific approach to its context.
“” [Midwifery] The approaches improve the results, maximize resources and can be adapted to all countries, “said Dr. Banerjee.
Case study in rural midwives
A campaign in the West Bank led by Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the Palestinian Committee of Norway and the Palestinian Ministry of Health worked to meet the challenges that women in rural areas are faced during access to care.
By coordinating with hospitals and community members, the campaign has expanded midwifery to six regional hospitals and 37 villages between 2013 and 2016.
And these are just the short-term effects, but Mr. Banerjee said that widening midwife can also have longer-term effects.
“” [Midwifery models of care] Also improve experiences of care for women and families – the construction of confidence partnerships for health at this critical stage of life. »»
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