Alicia Beatriz Cillo, interim Board member, Americas, describes celebrations in La Plata.

In Latin America we celebrate each year the Day of the Midwife on 31 August--why on 31 August?

Within the framework of the II International Midwives Congress celebrated in Lima, Peru, in 1962, it was decided that in all Latin American countries the Day of the Obstetricians and the Midwives, should coincide with the celebration of San Ramon Nonato's Day, considered the patron saint of midwives because of the circumstances of his birth. San Ramon was born in Portell, near Barcelona, in Spain...