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ACNM Past President's Study on Midwifery Research Priorities For Maternal and Newborn Health Published in The Lancet Global Health



An estimated 300,000 women worldwide die every
year during pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after, and nearly 3 million infants
die in the first month of life. Prioritizing research into midwifery -
particularly on family planning, preterm births, and high-quality care - can
help address these unacceptably high rates of death for newborn children and
women giving birth, according to a
study
led by Dr. Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, executive
dean of the Yale School of Nursing and a past president of ACNM, and published
in The Lancet Global Health.  READ MORE


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