What's new in midwifery - 21st January 2022

Some recent things you may want to know about:

COVID vaccination

UK government urges all pregnant women to get immediate COVID jab (Guardian)

Guardian opinion piece on government messaging.  Author is a reproductive immunologist.

Research

Association of Antenatal Diet and Physical Activity-Based Interventions With Gestational Weight Gain and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Effect of chlorhexidine cleansing on healthcare-associated infections in neonates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Term infant formula supplemented with milk-derived oligosaccharides shifts the gut microbiota closer to that of human milk-fed infants and improves intestinal immune defense: a randomized controlled trial

Outpatient Cervical Ripening with Balloon Catheters: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - Link to PubMed 

Prisons

UK inmate gave birth to stillborn in prison toilets, inquiry finds (Guardian)

Global health

Hospital delivery and neonatal mortality in 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Implementation research on kangaroo mother care, Bangladesh

Climate crisis

Special issue of the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, , on climate change and reproductive, perinatal and paediatric health.    Discussed in Guardian, Global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies' health

And finally

MoTHERS Podcast on physio, pain and pregnancy. (Thanks to Physiopedia for that one)

Librarian intervention or a subscription may be needed for some of the research. 

Acknowledgements: McMaster Evidence Alerts.