A Few Practical Remarks on Midwifery as Practised in India

Health Workforce related challenges for Emergency Obstetric Care at peripheral health facilities: Providers’ Perspective

Abstract Introduction: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India is constantly Functioning to provide optimum health care to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by updating health infrastructure. Objective:  To study the readiness and challenges of peripheral health facilities regarding skilled health workforce to provide Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC). Materials and Me...

Do the pre-service education programmes for midwives in India prepare confident ‘registered midwives’? A survey from India

Objective The graduates of the diploma and degree programmes of nursing and midwifery in India are considered skilled birth attendants (SBAs). This paper aimed to assess the confidence of final-year students from pre-service education programmes (diploma and bachelor's) in selected midwifery skills from the list of midwifery competencies of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). Des...

Practical Remarks Chiefly Concerning the Health and Ailments of European Families in India, with Special Reference to Maternal Management and Domestic Economy

The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology

practised in Derby, then in Stafford and in 1656 he moved to London for the better education of his children. One of his sons helped him in his practice and one of his daughters became a midwife, attending her own cases and also working with her father. This book is first and foremost a practical work for the midwife. Willughby starts by admitting that he has no new practice of midwifery, he in...

The Midwifery services framework: What is it, and why is it needed?

Most low- and middle-income countries failed to meet the Millennium Development Goal targets for maternal, newborn and child health, and even more ambitious targets have been set under the Sustainable Development Goals and the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality initiative. This means that many countries will need to accelerate progress on sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health ove...