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Maternal deaths are an outrage

"In the 21st century, no woman should have to give her life to give life."

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ( Reuters 19 May)

"We must find a way to get maternal mortality recognized as a key indicator of a functioning health system. Let us work together to make sure maternal mortality is a …

What is the point of twittering anyway?

… is an army of supporters on twitter who pass on messages and information about the Jessica's Trust campaign – often tagged with the #maternalhealth hashtag – and some of them are adept at bringing the cause to celebrity attention.

With some success:

In April Jonathan Ross (Wossy - an extremely popular twitterer) and his wife Jane Goldman (FerretPrincess) both signed and alerted …

MEOWS: Recommended

I spend a lot of time campaigning for the national use of Modified Obstetric Early Warning System (MEOWS) chart, and indeed I was in Oxford yesterday talking to some midwifery students about their use, and the difference they would almost certainly have made to Jessica.

Not everybody always immediately shares my …

On twitter

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Jessica's Trust

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Campaign: what's the aim?

What are the symptoms of childbed fever?

Information for Parents

Mother's Day Every Day

… really need our help.

Let's not forget their mothers either. The Mother's Day Every Day campaign is a brilliant idea.

Don't miss the bear

… Basingstoke Jan 2009, in their evaluation forms. To underline the purpose of Jessica's Trust, the campaign and our petition, I thought I'd share a few:

Jessica's story highlighted the need for MEOWS on the postnatal wards

Jessica's story of tragedy shows the importance of how not to miss the bear moon-walking amidst the data.

High quality communication, referral & follow ups is …

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We have started a new petition on the Downing Street website, asking the Prime Minister to...

"...ensure that every new mother has regular observations recorded on a Modified Early Obstetric Warning System ( MEOWS ) chart in …

She doesn’t know her mother is dead

Just reading the Sunday's, I came across a heart rending story about Karmeh, who still doesn't know her mother died of post-partum sepsis.

Developing world childbirth is far, far more dangerous than it is, for example, in this country, but I believe that charity begins at home and that means …

1-2-3, Go

… last time I'm much happier to say Yes.

Gwyneth asked me what more I still wanted to achieve by campaigning. 'Raising awareness of childbed fever' is accurate and all well and good, but it is a bit vague other than as a strap-line. If I go and speak to parliamentarians, committees and Royal Colleges it's not precise enough. I know what I want, it's probably dotted around in the pages of this …

MEOWS

Modified Early Obstetric Warning Score charts are instantly clear and they can save a life. What are they, though?

They are a single sheet chart, with time tracked across the top, where observations - pulse, blood pressure, temperature and a whole host of others - can be marked in the columns …