Is the NWT birthing program dying?0
- Editorial
- May 6, 2013
We are all of mothers. Every mother has experienced childbirth – some multiple times. Most babies are delivered by male doctors.
READ MOREWe are all of mothers. Every mother has experienced childbirth – some multiple times. Most babies are delivered by male doctors.
READ MOREHay River will be the first NWT community outside of Fort Smith to receive midwifery services, according to Health and Social Services Minister Tom Beaulieu – just not for a couple of years.
READ MOREThe work of midwives around the world was celebrated Saturday evening on the International Day of the Midwife in Fort Smith at the Northern Life Museum.
READ MOREMore midwives in more communities is the most cost-effective way to expand midwifery programming in the Northwest Territories, according to the Midwifery Options Report released by the department of Health and Social Services last week.
READ MOREA Fort Smith woman is active in a campaign to reduce child mortality and assist mothers in the developing world give birth and a safe and healthy environment.
READ MOREMidwifery services in Yellowknife have been suspended, leaving Fort Smith the only community in the NWT with active midwives.
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