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Staff attitudes one of the main hurdles in making abortion accessible

Women's Health

The young girl who shot herself in the stomach to get rid of her unwanted pregnancy has always stuck in Elizabeth Serobe's mind.This image is one the main driving forces behind this Soweto midwife's commitment to providing women in Soweto with a choice to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. This week doctors, midwives, social workers and researchers shared their assessment of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Act with Parliament.

Anso Thom
May 10, 2002

Saving midwives in the battle against Covid-19

News

The role of midwives need to be protected as an essential service to prevent increasing maternal mortality rates, say experts.

Health-e News
May 9, 2020

More training needed for task-shifting to work

News

NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - Shortages of medical staff in Uganda mean clinical officers, nurses and midwives are prescribing life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART) without proper training, a new studyreveals.

Health-e News
September 7, 2009

Midwives suffer abuse from anti-choice colleagues

Women's Health

Midwives at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital who work at the Termination of Pregnancy Unit live under threat from certain colleagues and community members who oppose their right to offer a legitimate service to women who wish to have abortions. Elizabeth Serobe who started working at the unit in 1996 says she and fellow midwives who assist with terminations of pregnancy are often called "child killers" or "murderers" by their colleagues. Serobe says such antagonism will not deter her from doing her job.

Thandeka Teyise
May 17, 2002

Midwives could save 3.6-million lives

Health, Health Systems, Women's Health

DURBAN ' Ninety percent of all maternal deaths could be prevented if pregnant women were cared for by trained midwives, with specialised back-up in case of emergencies.

Health-e News
June 20, 2011

Health MEC blames treasury for Limpopo staff shortage

Our Health

Limpopo’s MEC for Health has called the shortage of hospital personnel a crisis. Kgapane Hospital sometimes gets midwives from nearby clinics to fill in those gaps.

Mogale Mojela
June 25, 2019

Girls blamed for HIV
Living with AIDS programme 55

Health

In Umzimkulu in the former Transkei, chiefs and pastors chastise the youth for contracting HIV and reprimand them at funerals as they bury those who have died. In this judgemental environment, very few young people will test for HIV, let alone disclose their status. Nozuko Ngcaweni is a remarkable exception. She is determined not only to speak out, but to educate her community so that midwives can take precautions when delivering babies and parents and children can begin to talk to each other.

Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
November 2, 2001

#InternationalMidwivesDay: What do you know?

News

Midwifery dates back in time, but as medicine has advanced, the profession has undergone changes, and midwives now work with doctors to ensure that pregnancy and birth are as smooth as possible.