International Midwifery articles from January 2005

International Midwifery archives from January 2005

Midwives were both victims and key aid workers when disaster hit the Indian Ocean: ICM Deputy Director Judi Brown writes of the impact of the tsunami on the people it affected and the midwives in the Asia Pacific region.(International Confederation of Midwives)
January 1, 2005... On December 26, the day after many of us around the world celebrated Christmas, we began to hear news reports of a disaster that has hardly left the headlines in the weeks since then. A huge wave of enormous height and force, generated by a...

White ribbon alliance/global health council tsunami award.(News from ICM, members and partners)(International Confederation of Midwives)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... On page 3 of this issue, Judi Brown told of midwives' involvement in the December 2004 tsunami disaster. Theresa Shaver of the WRA and Nils Daulaire of the GHC have now published an award announcement: In acknowledgement of the tsunami...

Save the Children award for midwives.(News from ICM, members and partners)(International Confederation of Midwives)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... ICM is delighted to announce that nomination forms will shortly be sent out to ICM members for the 'Save the Children' award, with the following aim: To bestow an award to midwives who have demonstrated their achievement to act as change agents...

New midwives' association in Yemen.(News from ICM, members and partners.)(International Confederation of Midwives)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... ICM Secretary General Kathy Herschderfer attended the first annual general meeting, held in Sana'a, Yemen, of the newly formed Yemeni Midwives Association in September 2004. This followed an earlier workshop in June when representatives from...

ICM works with new partner PATH on PoPPHI initiative.(News from ICM, members and partners)(International Confederation of Midwives, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Initiative)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... This issue of IM includes an update on the ICM/FIGO joint initiative to promote appropriate management of the 3rd stage of labour (AMTSL) and prevent postpartum haemorrhage (pp6-7). The global movement on this issue has been joined by the...

Midwifery school inaugurated in Badakhshan.(News from ICM, members and partners)
January 1, 2005... A social midwifery school was officially opened in January 2005 in Faizabad. The school is funded by WHO with USAID and the Agha Khan Health Service. It will provide 18 months of training for at least 20 girls from every remote district in...

'Make every mother and child count': World Health Day 2005.(News from ICM, members and partners)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... April 7, 2005, is World Health chosen theme of 'Make every mother and child count' emphasises what Dr Lee Jong-Wook, WHO Director General, described as an 'invisible crisis... millions of women and children are dying needlessly, and we are...

WHO recommendations for contraceptive use.(News from ICM, members and partners)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The latest edition of the evidence-based guideline, Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use, is now available online from: www.who.int/ reproductive-health/publications. It aims to improve access to quality care in family...

Fewer births in developing nations.(News from ICM, members and partners)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The number of births in the developing world is tailing, according to a UN study. The UN Population Division's World Fertility Report has found that the average number of births has fallen from 5.9 in the 1970s to 3.9 in the 1990s. Improved...

Brisbane, Australia, 24-28 July 2005--midwifery: pathways to Healthy Nations.(News from ICM, members and partners)(International Confederation of Midwives)
January 1, 2005... In five months time, Caroline Weaver, ICM President, and the Organising Committee from Australia will welcome the midwives of the world to Brisbane, Australia for the 27th Triennial Congress of the ICM. The Congress will commence on Sunday July...

ICM and FIGO's joint work on prevention of postpartum-haemorrhage extends through Africa ... Ruth Brauen, Swiss midwife and ICM Regional Representative, went to meet the midwives and obstetricians from the countries of francophone West Africa.(International Confederation of Midwives, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics)
January 1, 2005... In Cotonou, Benin, at the Congress of the African Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (SAGO), in the Palais des Congres, December 13-18, 2004, I received a very warm welcome from Madame Laurence Odounlami Monteiro, President of the...

... And around the world.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Joint Statement on 'Management of the Third Stage of Labour to Prevent Postpartum Haemorrhage' agreed by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) was first...

Strengthening midwifery practices in Morocco: a gender perspective: Suzanne Kerouac, Fatima Temmar and Bilkis Vissandjee, from the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, explore current issues for Moroccan midwives.
January 1, 2005... Morocco's midwives are called upon to meet a growing demand for care of mothers and newborns in birthing homes, in maternity hospitals and in landlocked rural centres. In a context that remains greatly influenced by biomedical perspectives,...

Saving newborn lives with home-based neonatal care: an experience in Gadchiroli, India: community health workers provide a valuable service that has reduced neonatal mortality--a report from Saving Newborn Lives, an initiative of Save the Children.
January 1, 2005... Worldwide each year, four million babies die before the age of one month; another four million are stillborn. Over 98% of these deaths occur in developing countries, 25% of them in India. Despite improvements in child survival overall, deaths...