In October 2024 the World Health Organization launched the Global Position Paper: Transitioning to Midwifery Models of Care.
Researchers from Palestine, Ghana, Ethiopia and Norway will present various midwifery insights from their context.
The seminar is organized in two sessions:
- Presenting and discussing Midwifery Models of Care
- Presenting and discussion Midwifery for the Vulnerable
The seminar is organised by OsloMet’s NORHED project: Midwifery research and Education development and funded by Norway.
Programme
09.00–09.45: Opening
- 09.00: Registration and coffee
- 09.30: Welcoming remarks, Rector Christen Krogh and Head of Department Tine Eri
09.45–12.00: Session 1
Midwifery Models of Care. Chair: Ellen Blix, Professor in Midwifery and Head of Midwifery Research Unit.
- 09.45: World Health Organization Global Position Paper, October 2024: Transitioning to Midwifery Models of Care by Berit Mortensen, Associate Professor, OsloMet and MIDRED project manager
- 10.15: Midwifery Continuity of Care in Ethiopia by Solomon Hailemeskel, PhD, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia
- 10.45: Coffee and fruit
- 11.00: Continuity of Care in Norway – Perspectives form an Obstetrician by Lill Nyfløt, PhD, Head of Department, Drammen Hospital
- 11.20: Midwifery Continuity in Ghana, a Feasibility Study by Adiza Atoko Mumini, PhD candidate, University of Ghana
- 11.40: Panel discussion. Chair: Ellen Blix
- 12.00: Lunch
13.00–15.00: Session 2
Midwifery for the Vulnerable. Chair: Lena Henriksen, Professor in Midwifery and Head of Norwegian Midwifery Association.
- 13.00: Midwives Working in the Warzone – the Case of Palestine by Sahar Hassan, Associate Professor, Birzeit University, MIDRED project manager
- 13.30: Midwives Dealing with Domestic Violence in Ghana by Innes Igbenu, PhD candidate, University of Ghana
- 13.50: Quality in Maternal and Newborn Care in Palestine by Khadeja Zaza, PhD candidate, OsloMet
- 14.10: Maternal Care for Migrants in Norway by Sukheet Bains, PhD, Oslo University Hospital
- 14.30: Panel discussion. Chair: Lena Henriksen
- 14.55: Closing remarks by Berit Mortensen
