Recently added articles from International Midwifery:
ICM Vice President Frances Day-Stirk describes recent action among midwives--and she urges them 'to believe'.(Momentum in May!)
Jun 01, 2009; Day-Stirk, Frances ... In many parts of the world the month of May holds significance--be it Mother's Day or, in temperate countries, the first signs of spring--signalling new life. May also holds significance for midwifery associations in membership of ICM and for midwives. The 5th day of May, the International ...
ICM Vice President Frances Day-Stirk represented the ICM at a high-profile event on the day following the International Day of the Midwife, when parliamentarians, celebrities and key players in world maternal health came together at the UK's House of Commons.(ICM news)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ICM Vice President Frances Day-Stirk represented the ICM at a high-profile event on the day following the International Day of the Midwife, when parliamentarians, celebrities and key players in worldwide maternal health came together at the UK's House of ...
New ICM logo launched.(News from ICM and partners)
Jun 01, 2009; Duff, Elizabeth ... The new logo for the ICM, chosen at the Council meeting in 2008, has now received a finalised design and the strapline 'Strengthening midwives ...
National Safe Motherhood Day in India celebrated by WRA.(News from ICM and partners)
Jun 01, 2009; Duff, Elizabeth ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ICM's partner organisation White Ribbon Alliance marked National Safe Motherhood Day in India on April 11, with the campaign theme 'Quality Maternal Health Care Every Woman's Right!' Padmashree ...
Launch of 'investing in midwives' in southern Sudan helps drive towards MDGs for 2015.
Jun 01, 2009; Antwi, Jamima-Dennis ... With seven years to the 2015 review deadline for Millennium Development Goal (MDG) #5 for reduction of maternal mortality, Southern Sudan has posted the highest maternal mortality ratio in the world standing at a staggering 2,054 deaths for every 100,000 live births. Southern Sudan has ...
International day of the midwife, 5 May 2009: the world needs midwives, now more than ever.
Jun 01, 2009; Bond, Grace ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Australia The Australian College of Midwives Incorporated (ACMI) announced that this year the theme for International Midwives Day (IMD) would be 'Aboriginal Midwives for Aboriginal Women'. The ACMI has developed a scholarship trust fund for ...
'Normalising childbirth through authentic collaboration': the international evidence.
Jun 01, 2009; Duff, Elizabeth ... The new mission of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) includes reference to the midwife's responsibility in promoting normal birth, and clearly this encompasses research around normal birth to ensure a strong evidence base for the practice. The availability of such research ...
