International Midwifery articles from January 2003

International Midwifery archives from January 2003

When war is on the agenda, women and babies come under `any other business': Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Secretary General of the ICM, stresses the need to keep women's and babies' health high on the international agenda.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The ICM, on behalf of midwives, along with the international bodies representing doctors, nurses, dentists and physiotherapists, has issued a strong statement setting out the effects that war will have on vulnerable civilian populations, and...

Saving mothers' lives: what works: Judi Brown writes about the White Ribbon Alliance's International Conference on Safe Motherhood Best Practices, October 3-5, 2002, New Delhi, India.
January 1, 2003... The Conference was convened by the global White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA), in collaboration with the White Ribbon Alliance in India, as an initiative to strengthen links between the national and international coalitions...

Pregnancy and childbirth in Palestinian communities under military occupation: midwife Mary McNabb presents her impressions from a visit to Palestinian communities in East Jerusalem, Ramallah Bethlehem and Hebron, June 15-July 6, 2002.
January 1, 2003... "The Palestinian territories today are witnessing the onset of mass famine" (Said, 2003) As a result of the occupation of the West Bank by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), material and social deprivations and the risk of physical injury or...

Please write and tell us what you are doing! (International Midwifery).
January 1, 2003... Contributions of short articles, reports and news items to International Midwifery are invited, especially those with an international aspect, such as descriptions of midwives' visits to another country or meetings with participants from...

Ecrivez-nous pour raconter de ce que vous faites!! (International Midwifery).
January 1, 2003... Nous vous invitons a soumettre des articles, rapports et nouvelles a International Midwifery. Surtout les nouvelles avec un interet international sont tres bien-venus, comme par example les racontes de visites avec des sages-femmes a l'etranger...

Por favor escribanos y diganos lo que estan haciendo!!! (International Midwifery).
January 1, 2003... Los invitamos a contribuir articulos cortos, reportajes, y noticias a nuestra revista internacional de matronas, sobretodo lo que sea pertinente al arena internacional como, pot ejemplo, relatos de las visitas y experiencias de matronas en...

US midwives on CS rates. (International Midwifery).(Cesarean section)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Deanne Williams, Executive Director of the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM), has responded vigorously in a letter to the Washington Post Sunday after it published an article on the `virtues' of elective Caesarean section: `When I see...

Critical situation in the Czech Republic. (International Midwifery).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Zuzana Stromerova, of the Czech Association of Midwives, writes: `Dear friends, greetings from Prague. We have a desperate situation in recent months, concerning the law which will regulate the midwifery profession in future'. She...

WHO strengthens its campaign against violence. (International Midwifery).(World Health Organization)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... In the last issue of International Midwifery (IM 15(6): 9) we announced the publication of the WHO World Report on Violence and Health. A summary of this is now available in seven languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian...

UN Millennium Declaration. (International Midwifery).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... On December 6, 2002, the UN launched the first annual report on implementing the Millennium Declaration UN 2002. It contains a statistical annex that tracks the progress made in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, starting from a common...

Minimum core competencies to standards of practice: regulation in the Asia-Pacific region: ICM Deputy Director Judi Brown reports on the 4th Meeting of Regulatory Authorities from the W Pacific and SE Asian Regions, held in Hong Kong, November 25-26, 2002.
January 1, 2003... The 4th Meeting of Regulatory Authorities from the Western Pacific and South East Asian Regions was held in Hong Kong, 25 and 26 November, 2002, at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. My involvement...

Civilians pay in war: nurses, physicians, midwives, physiotherapists and dentists join in saying civilians pay the terrible price for war in death, injury and disease.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Geneva, 5 February 2003--Speaking with one voice, the international organisations representing a broad spectrum of the world's health professions * have spoken out against all armed conflict. The terrible health consequences of even...