Daniela Drandić

Biographic Data

ID9018750
NAMEDaniela Drandić
GIVEN NAMESDaniela
FAMILY NAMEDrandić
SIGNATUREDRANDIĆ D
AFFILIATIONSInternational Confederation of Midwives
ORCID0000-0003-3119-7734
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Updates to the EU Directives on Professional Qualifications must align with global standards

    Open AccessLia Brigante, Anna af Ugglas et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    The European Union (EU) Directive on Minimum Professional Qualifications: Midwife is under review as part of an ongoing regulatory update. This revision presents a critical opportunity to modernise the regulation of midwifery education and practice across the EU and EEA, having implications that extend beyond the region, given the EU’s role in influencing professional regulation globally. We argue that updates to the Directive must be aligned wit…

  • Health workers’ perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn health care around the time of childbirth

    Open AccessEmanuelle Pessa Valente, Ilaria Mariani et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2024

    Background: Health workers' (HWs') perspectives on the quality of maternal and newborn care (QMNC) are not routinely collected. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to document HWs' perspectives on QMNC around childbirth in 12 World Health Organization (WHO) European countries. Methods: HWs involved in maternal/neonatal care for at least one year between March 2020 and March 2023 answered an online validated WHO standards-based questionnaire c…