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Empowering Midwives In The United Arab Emirates, Grace Edwards, Philidah Seda
Empowering Midwives In The United Arab Emirates, Grace Edwards, Philidah Seda
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Considerable efforts have been made to increase women’s access to quality midwifery care around the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies midwives as ‘the most appropriate and cost effective healthcare professional to provide care in normal pregnancy and childbirth’ (WHO 2009). A growing body of evidence demonstrates that midwifery care is associated with more efficient use of resources and improved outcomes when provided by midwives who are educated, trained, licensed, and regulated. A recent Cochrane review revealed many benefits of midwifery care, including reduction in the use of regional analgesia, fewer episiotomies, fewer instrumental births, and women feeling more …