#Ethiopia: #Amhara region announced a complete lockdown in 4 cities- in #BahirDar, #AddisKidam, #Tilili & #Injibara, as of mid-day tomorrow as part of the region's effort to contain #COVIDD19. 2 of the 25 COVID-19 cases in 🇪🇹 are from B.Dar & Addis Kidam fanabc.com/%e1%8b%a8%e1%8…

COVID-19 birthplacelab.org/covid-19/

Media briefing on #COVID19 with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. #coronavirus pscp.tv/w/cVn0yjI2MTAy…

Report #45 የኢትዮጵያ የኮሮና ቫይረስ ሁኔታ መግለጫ Status update on #COVID19Ethiopia

We've all seen videos like this of people clapping for health workers, and now it's midwives' turn to receive praise! The World Health Organization (WHO) is organising a clap for midwives on May 5 at noon (local times). Share a video on social media using #ThanksHealthHeros bit.ly/2SrmlZi

On May 5th (#IDM2020) join ICM President, @FrankaCadee, and other global leaders in maternal health, on a webinar organized by World Health Organization (WHO) to celebrate + hear from #midwives on the frontlines of #COVID19. 🔗 to join: bit.ly/2KWEgTq | password: IDM@050520 #YearOfTheMidwife

Happy International Day of the Midwife in this year of the midwife #IDM2020 #thankamidwife UTS School of Nursing & Midwifery Kathleen Baird Tracy Levett-Jones Caroline Homer Prof Jane Sandall CBE maralyn foureur @ChambersInOz Prof Christine Catling Vanessa Scarf Ass Prof Deborah Fox Loretta Musgrave ACM #YearOfTheMidwife

Poor Universal Coverage of Immediate Essential Newborn Care at Hospitas | RRN Dove Medical Press dovepress.com/poor-universal…

Fabulous presentations everything from consumer led care plans for people with mental health to undertaking a midwifery qualitative study in a private hospital! 39 participants online great work UTS School of Nursing & Midwifery HDR students UTS Health #FOHRSC2020 Prof Jane Maguire Debra Anderson

A recent study co-authored by Firew Bobo and Andrew Hayen from UTS School of Public Health and published via HealthPolicyPlanning, discovered a gap between the contact with, and quality of #antenatal #care in East Africa. Read more: bit.ly/3dYNoGR

Have you heard? International Confederation of Midwives has announced the theme for next year's International Day of the Midwife. It's 100 Years of Progress #IDM2022 #PUSHForMidwives ctt.ec/pk5dK+

Congratulations to Habtamu Kasaye on your Stage 3 presentation ‘Mistreatment of women: Prevalence, associated factors and it’s effect on continuum of maternal care’ #FOHRSC2022 UTS Health UTS School of Nursing & Midwifery sups Kathleen Baird Annabel Sheehy Vanessa Scarf

Congratulations to Habtamu Kasaye on your publication today in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth "The roles of multi-component interventions in reducing mistreatment of women and enhancing respectful maternity care: a systematic review' Vanessa Scarf Annabel Sheehy doi.org/10.1186/s12884…

"In a world where every two minutes a woman or girl dies during pregnancy, childbirth or its aftermath… the midwife is always the hero of the story," UNFPA Executive Director UNFPA Executive Director said at the opening of the 33rd International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress in Bali today. #ICM2023

Ethiopian scientist Gebisa Ejeta receives National Medal of Science from US bbc.in/478aB1X

📢Our new paper on the mistreatment of women in health facilities is out in BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth via Springer Nature. Check it out for insights into how it affects the maternal continuum of care:🌐pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38350892/ Kathleen Baird Vanessa Scarf Annabel Sheehy.

#Eritrea fares worst in the world in plastic waste management, shows Plastic Overshoot Day report A recent report highlights the alarming contribution of 81 countries, including 44 from #Africa and #India, to plastic pollution due to poor waste management practices. In Eritrea,