International Midwifery articles from December 2007

International Midwifery archives from December 2007

ICM - keeping our members in touch: ICM Secretary General Kathy Herschderfer writes on lessons learned, looks forward and gives midwives some questions to consider in her farewell message.
December 1, 2007... As I start writing this column, the last one as ICM Secretary General, I am thinking about all the experiences I have had over the past four years. I have been privileged to represent the midwifery profession in many venues throughout the...

ICM/ICN Birth Registration campaign.(News from ICM and partners)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ICM and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) jointly launched a new toolkit at the Women Deliver conference, London, October 2007. In a session at 'Speakers' Corner', ICM Deputy Director Bridget Lynch...

ICM Africa midwives meeting.(News from ICM and partners)(Conference news)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'Akwaaba! Welcome!' was the message that went out from Kathlyn Ababio of the Ghana Registered Midwives Association (GRMA), who hosted the ICM Africa Midwives meeting in November 2007, with the title: 'African...

Russian League of Midwives conference.(News from ICM and partners)(Conference news)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... The Russian League of Midwives, a member of the ICM, held a conference in October 2007, to which a welcome message was sent by Kathy Herschderfer, ICM Secretary General: 'Midwives are part of Russian culture and history. The key is now to...

Anniversaries: the ICM/WHO relationship.(News from ICM and partners)
December 1, 2007... This year, 2007, marked the 50th anniversary since the ICM was accepted by the World Health Organization into an 'official relationship'. WHO reported in February 1957: 'The Executive Board having examined the report of the Standing...

Anniversaries: the ICM journal International Midwifery.(News from ICM and partners)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This journal, International Midwifery (formerly known as International Midwifery Matters) has reached the milestone of 20 years of publication in its current form. The style of the front cover in its early years is...

The Nordic midwifery conference 2007: 'Midwives guarding the future': Jaana Beversdorf, editor-in-chief of Katilolehti, the Finnish midwifery magazine, describes a meeting of midwives from across the north of Europe.(Conference news)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'Midwives guarding the future' was the theme of the Nordic Midwifery Congress held 4-6 May this year in Turku, Finland. Over 500 participants from the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Estonia,...

Celebrations of the 2007 International Day of the Midwife in Ethiopia.(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Ethiopian Nurse Midwives Association (ENMA) marked the international day later than usual with a day conference on July 10, 2007, at the Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa. Sister Kiros Kebede, director of ENMA, gave a...

2007 International Day of the Midwife in Ghana - correction.
December 1, 2007... The President of the Ghana Registered Midwives Association (GRMA), Mrs Emestina Djokotoe, has requested that a correction be published to a statement quoted in International Midwifery, Volume 20, Number 3, September 2007. She writes: ...

Midwives' conference in Vietnam: 'the role and participation of midwives in the community': the Vietnam Association of Midwives held a successful conference and workshop in 2007: association president Phan Thi Hanh reports.(Conference notes)
December 1, 2007... In July 2007, the Vietnamese Association of Midwives (VAM) organised a conference with the title 'The Role and Participation of Midwives in the Community in Reproductive Health Care', which was held in TT Hue Province. VAM gartefully...

'Women Deliver': a global conference with the theme 'invest in women--it pays!': Elizabeth Duff, ICM Communications Manager, reports on the ICM participation at this groundbreaking conference held in London, UK, in October 2007.(Conference notes)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'During three days in October, we changed the world' was one of the conclusions from the organisers of Woman Deliver, a conference that brought together almost 2,000 participants from 109 countries to 'create the...

'Women deliver': ICM and partners were there.(Conference news)
December 1, 2007... The ICM joined many other global organisations in making the Women Deliver conference an outstanding success in drawing attention to maternal mortality and the associated suffering for children and families. The ICM stand in the exhibition...

Maternal mortality and human rights: a report from the Women Deliver conference 2007: Mary J Renfrew, Professor of Mother and Infant Health, works on a joint programme with the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York, UK.
December 1, 2007... The number of women dying as a result of pregnancy and childbirth remains shockingly high, at around half a million every year. Midwives know and understand that a woman's likelihood of surviving childbirth is dependent on her...

International Day of the Midwife 5 May 2008 'healthy families: the key to the future': midwifery care for women and their babies is an investment in family and community that promotes healthy growth and well-being for present and future generations.
December 1, 2007... This year the International Confederation of Midwives will hold its 28th Triennial Congress with a theme emphasising 'Midwifery: a worldwide commitment to women and the newborn'. (1) At the same time the World Health Organization (WHO) will...

Maternal mortality ratio falling too slowly to meet goal.(Worldwide news)
December 1, 2007... Figures released in October 2007 by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank show that the world's maternal mortality ratio (MMR)--deaths per 100 000 live births--is declining too slowly to meet Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which aims to...

The Partnership co-ordinates a new and urgent initiative.(Worldwide news)
December 1, 2007... The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health will drive a new global campaign 'Deliver Now for Women & Children', to reduce maternal and child deaths. Deliver Now will draw the world's attention to the more than 10 million deaths of...

USA gets a Big Push.(Worldwide news)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A national 'Big Push for Midwives' Campaign is due to be launched in the USA in January 2008. The campaign will advocate for regulation and licensure of Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in all 50 states and the...

Risks and benefits of caesarean section.(Worldwide news)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... A prospective cohort study, within the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health, has assessed the risks and benefits associated with caesarean delivery compared with vaginal delivery. The main outcome measures were maternal,...

Making Pregnancy Safer report: 'ensuring skilled care for every birth'.(Worldwide news)
December 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr Monir Islam, Director of the MPS Department, in the opening chapter of the report, referred to: 'the pivotal role of trained midwives. [as] the cornerstones for the expansion of an extensive health system to...

A Promise to Mothers Lost: healthy pregnancy and safe childbirth for all.(Worldwide news)
December 1, 2007... A 'Promise to Mothers Lost' is the campaign following on the hugely successful multimedia exhibition organised by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA) which was held in conjunction with the Women Deliver conference. The panel...