The Indian parliament recently passed the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill as part of a comprehensive reform to strengthen and regulate the quality of nursing education and practice to benefit the health of Indian families. The introduction of the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill is a significant milestone in bolstering nursing and midwifery
Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Midwife Monali Thulu, 32, guides Sonali Bhoykar, a second-time mother, as she readies to give birth at the midwifery-led care unit (MLCU) of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Maharashtra, India. Beside Sonali and her midwife, Sonali’s husband, a supportive birth companion, holds his wife’s hand and breathes with
Malali is 35 and has been married for five years. In that time, she has given birth to five children. Three of her pregnancies occurred one after another and she lost two of the babies, born in poor health, before their first birthdays. Malali started taking oral contraceptive pills, but because she was swamped by
