What is the Impact of Forced Displacement on Maternity Care? Esther Sharma – Doctoral Researcher, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Twitter: @maternalmatters Introduction With the world’s eyes on Ukraine, and images of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians having to leave their homes so violently, this blog post explores the impact of forcible displacement […]
Childbirth in Syria: Obstetric Outcomes and Challenges https://doi.org/10.55975/CLNL3408 Aly Alessia Chiarion – Midwife, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Instagram: @alychiarion Summary As I became more aware of the refugee crisis, I started also asking myself: What’s going on in these countries that is forcing people to flee their homes? I knew very little […]
Climate Refugees and Maternity Care Kai Hodgkin – Registered Midwife (Calvary Public Hospital Bruce, Australian Capital Territory), PhD Candidate (Research School of Population Health, Australian National University) and Casual Academic (Medical School, Australian National University) Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 23 Issue 7 July/August 2020 https://doi.org/10.55975/RSXW6299 Summary In this article, Kai Hodgkin provides a […]
‘New to the UK’; A report from conference on the needs of immigrant, pregnant and migrant women held at Oxford Brookes University in November 2018 Carina Okiki – Student Midwife, Oxford Brookes University Catherine Williams – National Maternity Voices, also an NHS England regional Lay Member Lesley Page CBE This blog began as a conversation between […]
Reflections of a Midwife in a German Refugee Camp Marine Weckend – Research Assistant at Hannover Medical School and Independent Midwife Published in The Practising Midwife Volume 19 Issue 10 November 2016 Summary In response to the Syrian war and other conflicts, a large number of refugees arrived in Germany in summer 2015. Unprepared for […]
Doing Our Best for Women Seeking Asylum Victoria Thorogood – Midwife at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey The Practising Midwife Volume 17 Issue 1 January 2014 Summary The 1999 Asylum and Immigration Act has had a great impact on the lives of pregnant asylum seekers and their ability to access good maternity care by […]
