International Midwifery
- Publisher:
- International Confederation of Midwives
- Publication date:
- 2009-05-21
- ISBN:
- 1560-3296
- Copyright:
- COPYRIGHT TV Trade Media, Inc.<br/>COPYRIGHT GALE, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
Issue Number
- Vol. 22 Nbr. 2, June 2009
- Vol. 22 Nbr. 1, March 2009
- Vol. 21 Nbr. 4, December 2008
- Vol. 21 Nbr. 3, September 2008
- Vol. 21 Nbr. 2, June 2008
- Vol. 21 Nbr. 1, March - March 2008
- Vol. 21 Nbr. 1, March - March 2008
- Vol. 20 Nbr. 4, December 2007
- Vol. 20 Nbr. 3, September 2007
- Vol. 20 Nbr. 2, June 2007
- Vol. 20 Nbr. 1, March 2007
- Vol. 19 Nbr. 4, December 2006
- Vol. 19 Nbr. 3, September 2006
- Vol. 19 Nbr. 2, June 2006
- Vol. 19 Nbr. 1, March 2006
- Vol. 18 Nbr. 6, November 2005
- Vol. 18 Nbr. 5, September 2005
- Vol. 18 Nbr. 4, July 2005
- Vol. 18 Nbr. 3, May 2005
- Vol. 18 Nbr. 2, March - March 2005
Latest documents
- ICM Vice President Frances Day-Stirk describes recent action among midwives--and she urges them 'to believe'.
- 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.
- New ICM logo launched.
- Congratulations to Lao from the ICM Asia Pacific Region.
- ICM welcomes European master's course for midwives.
- National Safe Motherhood Day in India celebrated by WRA.
- Message from the editor.
- 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.
- The first official celebration of the International Day of the Midwife in the people's Republic of China.
Featured documents
- 'We are each other's harvest ...' ICM President Bridget Lynch examines the building blocks that formed the foundations of the Confederation and looks forward as the structure strengthens and expands.
- ICM Vice President Frances Day-Stirk describes recent action among midwives--and she urges them 'to believe'.
- 'Midwifery in the Philippines: 'a laudable service' but there are issues and challenges: Alice de la Gente, former President of the Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines (IMAP), wrote about midwives' key healthcare role in this country.
- Scaling up midwifery-reaching out to women 1st Forum on Midwifery in the Community: Karen Odberg Petterson, Della Sherratt and Nester T Moyo report on the 1st International Forum on midwifery in the community, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, 11-15 December 2006.
- Protecting the autonomy of midwifery in Paraguay: ICM and members' support is crucial: Wilfrida Sosa and Miriam Isabel Yegros de Ortiz, Asociacion de Obstetras del Paraguay, welcome international support in their struggle for professional recognition.
- Nordic conference brings together 500 midwives in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 2004.
- HIV and infant feeding: UN agencies agree on a framework for priority action: one conclusion from ICASA, Nairobi: helping mothers who are HIV-positive 'to select and sustain the best feeding option' is a key role for midwives.
- Networking at the ICM Brisbane Congress led to individual action and lives saved in Afghanistan: Anne Marie Rennie, a midwife from Aberdeen, Scotland, met a colleague in Brisbane and was inspired to raise funds to help women and babies in need.
- The International Day of the Midwife 2007: with the triennial theme of 'Keeping birth normal' and the year's focus of 'Reaching out to women', midwives celebrated in their own way across the world.
- Midwife-led care beneficial compared with other models for childbearing women.