International Midwifery articles from March 2005

International Midwifery archives from March 2005

ICM Board of Management meeting in 'winter wonderland' is a hive of activity! Joyce Thompson, Director of the ICM Board of Management, reports from a snowbound Board meeting--the last to be held before the Brisbane Congress.
March 1, 2005... The March 2005 Board of Management meeting was held in The Hague with the city lying under a lovely blanket of white snow--at least at the beginning of the week. In the five years during which we have held Board meetings at ICM Headquarters in...

Pan-European meeting prepares for debate at ICM Brisbane Council meeting: representatives from 17 European ICM member associations met in Berlin, Germany, 15-16 January 2005, to discuss a European approach to a global agenda.
March 1, 2005... Twenty-seven midwives from 17 member associations in the European region attended this meeting, instigated by the English-speaking European midwives, in association with the regional representatives and hosted by Bund Deutscher Hebammen e.V....

9th annual meeting of the European Forum of National Nursing and Midwifery Associations (EFNNMA) and WHO, Copenhagen, Denmark, 17-18 March 2005.
March 1, 2005... Midwifery and nursing representatives from 26 countries attended this EFNNMA meeting. The aim of the Forum is to contribute to improving health and quality of health care in Europe by exchange of information and policies between midwifery and...

The World Health report 2005: 'make every mother and child count': WHO's flagship report, launched on World Health Day, April 7, focuses on saving the lives of mothers, babies and children.
March 1, 2005... World Health Day... in the Americas World Health Day was celebrated at the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, DC with a series of special sessions highlighting issues related to maternal and child health in PAHO priority...

'Lives in the balance': global meeting on maternal, newborn and child health: World Health Day saw WHO, UNICEF, health ministers and international agencies meet in New Delhi, India, and make a new commitment: the Delhi Declaration.
March 1, 2005... The need to increase the scale of interventions to prevent millions of deaths of mothers, newborns and children around the world was the conclusion of the high-level international meeting, 'Lives in the Balance: The Partnership Meeting on...

The ICM database of research advisers: Vanora Hundley, on behalf of the ICM Research Standing Committee, sends out a call for more midwife researchers to join the ICM database.(International Confederation of Midwives)
March 1, 2005... The ICM offers a resource of value to midwives and midwifery researchers. The resource is a database of experienced maternity care researchers who are members of the International Confederation of Midwives' (ICM) Research Advisory Network. ...

The European Commission and research.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... On 11 March 2005 the European Commission adopted a European Charter for Researchers and a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The Charter and Code of Conduct will give individual researchers the same rights and obligations...

Ethics in developing world research.
March 1, 2005... A sound ethical framework for research in developing countries is crucial for ensuring that participants are safe from exploitation, says a report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. The conclusions follow a meeting in Cape Town, South...

New evidence shows that addressing neonatal mortality requires continuity of care: a major series of articles in The Lancet highlights the need for skilled attendance at birth and low-cost interventions to promote the wellbeing of the newborn.
March 1, 2005... The international medical journal, The Lancet, published in March this year a 'landmark' series of articles on neonatal survival. The editor, Richard Horton, wrote, introducing the series, "A major gap in information and action remains about...

Ethiopian midwives focus on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of infection and reproductive health rights.
March 1, 2005... Sister Kiros Kebede, President of the Ethiopian Nurse Midwives Association, reports on a series of study days held November 16-18, 2004. The two subjects of the days were 'Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)', and 'Sexual and...

Australia makes history: the first three-year bachelor of midwifery course of studies: Pauline Glover, Associate Professor of Midwifery & Nursing, Flinders University, Adelaide, describes a pioneering addition to midwifery education in Australia.
March 1, 2005... A three-year Bachelor of Midwifery was commenced in Australia in 2002 when five Universities in two Australian States (South Australia and Victoria) undertook the introduction of this course of studies. In 2004, the first students have...

The International Day of the midwife 2005.
March 1, 2005... Midwives and women: a partnership for health According to the ICM's International Code of Ethics for Midwives: * Midwives respect a woman's informed right of choice and promote the woman's acceptance of responsibility for the outcomes...