LHV, Community Midwifery
Friends Foundation, Pakistan

• diagnosing, monitoring and examining women during pregnancy;
• developing, assessing and evaluating individual programmes of care;
• providing full antenatal care, including screening tests in the hospital, community and the home;
• identifying high risk pregnancies and making referrals to doctors and other medical specialists;
• arranging and providing parenting and health education for the woman, her partner and family members;

• encouraging participation of family members in the birth to support the mother and enhance both mother/baby bonding and family relationships;
• providing counselling and advice before and after screening;
• offering support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death;

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