International Midwifery

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Latest documents

• ICM welcomes European master's course for midwives.
• Message from the editor.
• The first official celebration of the International Day of the Midwife in the people's Republic of China.
• 'Normalising childbirth through authentic collaboration': the international evidence.
• 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.
• National Safe Motherhood Day in India celebrated by WRA.
• Launch of 'investing in midwives' in southern Sudan helps drive towards MDGs for 2015.
• International day of the midwife, 5 May 2009: the world needs midwives, now more than ever.
• ICM Vice President Frances Day-Stirk describes recent action among midwives--and she urges them 'to believe'.
• New ICM logo launched.

Featured documents

• Glasgow, Scotland: a city of culture, industry and strong communities--be there in 2008! Elizabeth Duff introduces the city of Glasgow while Canadian Joyce Barnes tells of life there in the 1960s for a midwife and the families she knew.
• Keynote speeches at the Brisbane Congress from Canada, Malawi, the UK and Australia: four renowned midwives gave inspirational addresses on the Congress themes of history, professionalisation, current ways of knowing and future pathways.
• 'Motivation for our work is the health and well-being of women and families in Central Europe': ICM Board member Andrea Stiefel writes about the midwives' associations and recent advances for midwifery in 'Central Europe--an active region within ICM'.
• ICM welcomes two recently joined members in the Americas region: Haiti and Suriname: Marie Nadege Aladin writes about the Association des Infirmieres Sages-Femmes de Haiti and Board member Debbie Lewis reports on a visit to Suriname.
• ICM/ICN Birth Registration campaign.
• ICM and MKI: midwifery training in joint global HIV/AIDS initiative.
• Information exchange among ICM board members--challenges and opportunities: at the June 2006 Board meeting in The Hague, members were asked to report three current midwifery issues from their region and to tell one 'success story'.
• Alicia Beatriz Cillo, interim Board member, Americas, describes celebrations in La Plata.
• New representatives have been elected by regions at Council and they join the ICM Board: the four new representatives from America, Africa and Central and Southern Europe introduce themselves and pledge to take forward the work of the ICM.
• New free CD-ROM: safe motherhood strategies: a review of the evidence (now available in Spanish).