Pakistan: 'midwifery education will get its due place'.

• Auteur: Kamal, Imtiaz Taj

Imtiaz Taj Kamal, a nurse-midwife who is Secretary General of the National Committee for Maternal Health, worked for decades to establish the Midwives Association of Pakistan, and to raise the profile of midwifery at national level. In 2005 she organised three events in different places for the IDM. She reports:

'The first International Day [in Lahore] went very well--380 participants registered. It can be termed as a huge success. ICM's message was received and read to the audience.

'The...