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Childbirth myths around the world
Janet Danziger explores some of the more extreme myths about childbirth found in the non-Western world.
Dhaka diary
I'm back in Dhaka (Bangladesh), five weeks after my last visit in July, to help facilitate the first ever online election of executive officers for the Bangladesh Midwifery Society which is twinned with the Royal College of Midwives.Bangladesh Twinning Project
The RCM has been engaged in midwifery twinning in various countries since 2012 but only started the Bangladesh Twinning Project in July 2017.
Hello from Bangladesh!
Isabelle Lemberger–Cooper is a research midwife from Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, an RCM Steward, and is currently undertaking a volunteer placement as part of the RCM / Bangladesh Midwifery Society Twinning Project.
International Women's Day 2018
On this International Women’s Day we celebrate the work that many of our RCM members are engaged in. On a recent trip to Uganda, our global team caught up with Diane Lockhart, a midwife and RCM member from Northern Ireland, working in a Kampala ...
Case study from Uganda: Robina, Senior Midwife
Robina speaks to Joy Kemp about her experience working in Uganda.Kent midwife heads to Bangladesh on RCM midwifery project
A midwife from Kent is traveling to Bangladesh as a volunteer in a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) project to support midwifery in Bangladesh. Áine Alam is a midwife at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and received a prestigious Fellowship ...Hearing midwives’ voices: International Women's Day 2021
Midwives’ voices are often absent from international, national or local policy dialogue. In Bangladesh, where midwifery is a new profession and all midwives are young women and therefore doubly disadvantaged because of their age and gender, ...
Research reveals rise in global CS rate
Research published in The Lancet shows that the number of babies born through CS almost doubled globally between 2000 and 2015 – from 12% to 21% of all births.