The word ‘midwife’ dates back to Middle English, but the role of midwifery extends to modern day. The term midwife originally referred to a woman who was “with” another woman giving birth, but now, ...

Expanding access to nurse-midwifery services could improve maternal health outcomes by providing culturally sensitive, community-based care, particularly in underserved communities around the U.S.

Ghanaian midwives are trained on ventiliation with a bag and mask through Midwifery Exchange in Ghana in 2019. The purpose of the trips are for local midwives to become “Master Trainers” in the ...

Ebony Marcelle, the director of midwifery at Community of Hope in Washington, D.C., started her doctoral degree after more than a decade of working as a midwife. A Georgetown University School of ...

For millennia and across cultures, midwives provided care to women in labor and throughout their reproductive years with a universal emphasis on providing compassionate treatment. Today, however, ...

The class of midwifery students blows up pink balloons with a pingpong ball nestled inside. Then, they start pressing down on it, simulating contractions, trying to expel that ball.

Addressing the barriers that can prevent midwives helping mothers overcome a fear of childbirth is the focus of a new study at Griffith University. With a Queensland Government grant of over $119,000, ...

GradConnect 2026 offers paid employment for new nurses and midwives Significant increase in nurses and midwives recruited via GradConnect New Pathways ...