Midwives and Healthcare Professionals’ Role in Breastfeeding Promotion and Support: Search Pack of the Month, August
To commemorate World Breastfeeding Week 2025, MIDIRS Search Pack of the Month for August is ‘Midwives and Healthcare Professionals’ Role in Breastfeeding Promotion and Support’. Every year, in the first week of August, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) – in partnership with the World Health Organisation and UNICEF – coordinate a global campaign aiming […]
Latest Research Update – 31 July 2025
MIDIRS Resources & Guidelines
Resources & Guidelines Access the latest resources, information and guidelines for maternity professionals. Midwifery Doctoral Thesis Collection Maternity Practice Guidelines Resources for Parents Accessibility & Equality Infection Global Majority Health Conditions Midwifery Doctoral Thesis Collection The aim of this collection is to provide a dedicated open-access platform for midwives to showcase their academic work, and […]
Latest Research Update – 24 July 2025
Latest Research Update – 17 July 2025
Pioneering Community-Based Trial to Improve Maternal Health for Pregnant Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa
A study published last month in the Lancet sheds new light on how community-led maternal and newborn care in Sierra Leone has saved lives by bringing care closer to women. In a country with a historically high maternal mortality rate – 40% of which is adolescents (10-19 year olds) – the 2YoungLives trial has made […]
Latest Research Update – 10 July 2025
New Data Hub for Midwives Announced by the ICM and Direct Relief
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), in partnership with Direct Relief, have announced the launch of a new open-access platform, built to make data about midwives and the midwifery profession accessible. Described as being “built on the legacy of the Global Midwives’ Hub” – a digital data resource for midwives launched by the same organisations […]
Culturally Sensitive Maternity Care: Search Pack of the Month, July
In line with the Royal College of Midwives top research priority, MIDIRS free Search Pack of the Month for July is ‘Culturally Sensitive Maternity Care’. As highlighted in the newly published report within the RCM’s Research Prioritisation Project, the number one research priority is: “What is required to create and implement culturally safe maternity care […]