World Breastfeeding Week 2010 . (1 Aug 2010)
Objectives of World Breastfeeding Week 2010 To increase attention to the contribution of the Ten Steps to exclusive breastfeeding. To revitalise activities within health systems, and among healthcare...
Child health charity produces new educational DVD - aimed at parents of sick and premature babies
A new DVD resource aimed at parents of sick and premature babies and the health care professionals who support them, is currently in production.
It will be the first educational DVD of its kind, following real parents’ experiences of having a sick or premature baby in the UK.
While the survival rates and longer-term outlook for babies who are born prematurely and/or sick continue to improve, the stress and crisis that surround the birth of such vulnerable infants is unchanging.
MIDIRS and the NCT
MIDIRS and the NCT have worked together on various projects in the past and share common goals, especially in relation to the provision of and access to information about issues and services for pregnancy, childbirth, parenting and child care.
This has now been formalised into a more comprehensive arrangement which offers greater opportunities to subscribers to MIDIRS and NCT specialist workers and students to make use of the resources of both organisations.
Since December 2008, MIDIRS Midwifery Digest, has been distributed with a copy of Perspective: the NCT publication for parent-centred midwifery. By February 2010, all of NCT’s 2000-strong network of students and qualified antenatal workers, breastfeeding counselors and postnatal leaders will be benefiting from continuous professional development through access to MIDIRS online subscription service. In addition to this, there are plans for the two organisations to work together in the future on products for consumers as well as resources for education and training.