Vol. 17 No. 6, November 2004
Index
- Medical Knowledge Institute and International Confederation of Midwives launch global midwifery AIDS training program.
- The end of our year--a time for rethinking, renewing and making resolutions; Kathy Herschderfer, ICM Secretary General, writes, at the completion of her first 12 months in post, of her impressions of the last year and intentions for the next.
- Who are we and what do we do: HQ staff happy to work with the 'broad and diverse ICM family':; Bernadette Davis, Jessica Gonzalez and Maria Laza explain the work that goes on at ICM head office in The Hague.
- WHO, ICM and FIGO launch: 'making pregnancy safer: the critical role of the skilled attendant'; ICM Secretary General Kathy Herschderfer introduces a ground-breaking joint statement that underscores the importance of midwifery skills in safe motherhood.
- A spiral of change in Czech midwifery: turning full circle but one step higher: Zuzana Stromerova describes new legislation for midwives in the Czech Republic, the current challenges and an innovative educational course to help them fulfil their roles.
- Collaborative Primary Maternity Care Project.
- ICM and MKI: midwifery training in joint global HIV/AIDS initiative.
- ICM delegation at international regulation meeting.
- Correction and apology.
- Reducing maternal mortality in Afghanistan by training skilled attendants.
- The ICM's 27th Triennial International Congress: Brisbane, Australia, July 24-28, 2005; planning for the 2005 Brisbane Congress goes ahead in Australia but also in The Hague as ICM prepares for the associated meetings and workshops.