midwife Archives - Pittsburgh's Public Source

Emily McGahey, DM, MSN, CNM, FACNM, and clinical director at The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's Health, stands for a portrait at the center on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in the Strip District. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

As the region integrates midwifery into health care, midwives want to expand training, services

by Sophia Levin February 16, 2023April 5, 2023

A Pitt program to train midwives and a desire to help mothers with opioid-use disorder are among key facets of an effort to modernize midwifery.

Zita Iwuoha, a midwife advocating to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates, poses for the camera.

Mothering the mother: Sister Zita Iwuoha combats black mother mortality in Allegheny County and beyond

by Brittany Hailer June 11, 2019June 17, 2019