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12 Midwives, 12 stories
In support of International Day of the Midwife (IDM) we’re looking for 12 images that depict what it means for you to be a midwife, student or allied health professional around the globe.
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA)’s Everyone’s Business campaign has launched a new map which shows that a quarter of pregnant women and new mothers in the UK are still unable to access specialist maternal mental health services which meet national guidelines.
World Hand Hygiene Day will be held on Saturday 5 May 2018, calling on health care professionals to promote the following calls to action:
Health workers: “Take 5 moments to clean your hands to prevent sepsis in health care”
IPC leaders: “Be a champion in promoting hand hygiene to prevent sepsis in health care”
Health facility leaders: “Prevent sepsis in health care, make hand hygiene a quality indicator in your hospital”
Ministries of health: “Implement the 2017 WHA sepsis resolution.
A conference promoting and celebrating collaborative working with women is being held at the University of Manchester this month.
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