Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE
@dunkleybent
Chief Midwife, ICM. Ambition to advance the midwifery profession globally so that all women & babies have the same outcomes as those who have the best
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🧵At the NHS Race & Health Observatory, we believe that our healthcare system should provide high quality care for everyone. Ahead of the coming election, we've developed seven key priorities to deliver race equity in health. This thread that outlines these priorities… (1/9)⬇️nhsrho.org/news/race-and-…
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Congratulations Hello My Name is Karen Bonner (She/Her) OBE, such great news that you have been recognised in this way. So well deserved
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Looking forward to attending what promises to be an excellent event of recognition and celebration Caribbean & African Health Network
Congratulations and welcome to the midwifery profession. Such great news as Sierra Leone’s Austin Demby health minister takes significant action by declaring a national state of emergency for maternal mortality and uses a methodology that reduces maternal mortality.
‘A world where all births are safe’ I continued to be inspired by the impact of the ‘safer births bundle of care’ a programme aimed at reducing maternal and newborn mortality. Maternal deaths reduced by more than 50% in Tanzania. saferbirths.com Laerdal Global Health
Unsurprising findings~not enough midwives in humanitarian &fragile settings~rising workloads, insufficient and/or inconsistent resources limit care provision, threats to the safety&security of midwives journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… Governments must use &fund the internationalmidwives.org/resources/prof…
Thx to International Confederation of Midwives for featuring our latest global research on midwifery leadership in their latest newsletter: internationalmidwives.org/enablers-of-st… Coventry University Research Nursing Now Challenge Centre for Healthcare and Communities Daniela Drandić Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent OBE UN Women Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Royal College of Midwives 💙 Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation ThePractisingMidwife MIDIRS
Insightful reading …an-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… "Just growing midwife numbers is not enough. Strengthening the infra structure in terms of policy, licensing, education, scope of practice, regulation, leadership and availability of staff is likely to catalyse higher benefits"
So good to hear this movement gaining momentum parliamentarian Neema Lugangira . We spoke in Oslo, you listened and acted. Thank you for your focus on the health of mothers and babies in Tanzania, by engaging with midwives. The future is bright!