Information for professionals

Tamba is primarily a parent support organisation. However, we do also offer information and training for health and education professionals. Tamba also has a team of Honorary Consultants from a wide range of professions, who are involved with research into multiple birth issues and who offer a referral service to multiple birth families with specific problems. To contact our Honorary Consultants please call the Tamba National Office.

Multiple Birth Fact Sheet

The new Multiple Birth Fact Sheet, including statistics for 2006 is now available for download.

We have other leaflets available free of charge, A Midwife's Guide to Twins, Triplets & More; A Health Visitor's Guide to Twins, Triplets & More; A Teacher's Guide to Twins, Triplets & More in School and Supporting Mothers Breastfeeding More Than One.

To find out about other factsheets available click here

We also have available, information packs for Health Visitors and Midwives. To order one of these packs, please email us with your name and address and which pack you would like.

Our more detailed series of parents' guides and our book sales will also be of interest to professionals with a particular interest in multiple birth families.

Midwives who are running, or hoping to start, ante-natal classes for expectant parents of multiples will find our new Parent Education Pack a particularly useful resource. The pack includes a video and teaching notes and costs just £40.

Occasionally Tamba members will donate their triple buggies free of charge to families in need and we also keep a list of second hand triple buggies for sale so if you are looking after a family expecting multiples it is worth contacting us about this. Tamba is unable to offer any kind of financial assistance.

Throughout the year we also run conferences and study days.

Tamba Education Study Day

Powerpoint slides from our recent Education Study Day are available for download.

We work closely with the Multiple Births Foundation which is the other UK organisation offering support primarily to health professionals working with multiple birth families.
Tel: 0208 383 3519
http://www.multiplebirths.org.uk/

Tamba is a member of COMBO (Council of Multiple Births Organisations - an international umbrella body of parent support organisations) and ISTS (International Society of Twin Studies). Membership of the Society is open to academic researchers and professionals.
To find out more go to http://www.ists.qimr.edu.au/

Co Bedding Twins Research
www.dur.ac.uk/sleep.lab
Information on infant sleeping, with a study in "completed projects"in twin infant co-bedding.