This course is designed for administrators, advocates, policy makers, clinicians, and service users. It will give you the background, recommendations, and tools you need to address issues related to high quality maternal and newborn care in your own setting. In particular, you will learn about the evidence behind implementing the midwifery model of care as a means to advancing the health and wellbeing of mothers and babies globally. The modules in this course are structured around the Quality Maternal and Newborn Care Framework, first published in the landmark 2014 Lancet Series on Midwifery. You will learn from nearly 20 expert contributors as they discuss their research and personal experiences in low, middle, and high resource settings.

Global Quality Maternal and Newborn Care
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Global Quality Maternal and Newborn Care


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Reviewed on Feb 18, 2025
A very comprehensive and informative course. Focuses on the real world situations.
Reviewed on Oct 17, 2021
Very detailed course with excellent information on quality of care with examples and videos. Pace of lectures is very good. Thank you to all the lecturers
Reviewed on Aug 29, 2023
It was a wonderful experience to look at maternal and newborn care from the community perspective at the primary health care level. The videos were easy to understand by all.

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