By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Environment and Civil Service ...

Last year, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation and the Center for Reproductive Rights represented midwives who brought a ...

A state court case that challenged a Hawaii law restricting traditional midwives from assisting in pregnancies and births without state-issued licenses ended Wednesday after the state agreed to settle ...

The State of Hawaiʻi has agreed to end a legal challenge, which midwife advocates are hailing as a significant victory that ...

Native Hawaiian midwives will now be able to practice and train without fear of prison after Hawai‘i lawmakers and courts ...

Afghanistan today faces a maternal health crisis that is as much political as it is medical. When girls are banned from studying beyond grade 6, nursing and midwifery schools are shuttered, and female ...

"The "parteras" were instrumental in improving the care of the mothers who were giving birth in these rural communities.

The California Health Care Foundation reports that in 2023, there were 30 practicing midwives per 10,000 births statewide.

The Kerala Ayush Department has introduced a three-month midwifery course aimed at training women in Ayurveda-based prenatal and postnatal care. The program, conducted by the National AYUSH Mission, ...

The ban comes amid a series of restrictions imposed by the Taliban. The Taliban government has banned books authored by women as part of a sweeping revision of Afghanistan's higher education ...

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has removed books authored by women from university syllabi, alongside banning courses on human rights and sexual harassment, as per a report by BBC. Reports ...

Applications have been invited for admission to the Post Basic Diploma Courses in Specialty Nursing-2025 in Kerala, being offered in Nursing Colleges under the Directorate of Medical Education, Kerala ...