Resurrecting a lost obstetric skill to reduce global maternal death

  The incidence of having a baby in the bottom-down (“breech”) position at the end of pregnancy is about 1 in 25.  The “Term Breech Trial” (TBT) is a landmark randomised controlled trial that changed the management of breech birth since its publication in 2000.  It concluded that a planned Caesarean birth is safer for […]

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Giving birth amid a pandemic in Belgium: the challenges faced by mothers and midwives

  Many voices have arisen as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds to draw attention on the numerous hidden repercussions of the crisis. The magnitude of those consequences will probably be clear only in the aftermath of the pandemic. But one thing is certain: both patients and healthcare workers have been deeply impacted. Since April 22, with […]

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