International Midwifery articles from March 2006

International Midwifery archives from March 2006

ICM--keeping our members in touch: Judi Brown looks forward to the transition triennium and outlines ICM's next steps.(International Confederation of Midwives)
March 1, 2006... Firstly, I would like to extend warm greetings to all ICM member associations, their members and all readers of International Midwifery. On a personal note, I would also like to thank all of you for the good wishes I received following my...

The international day of the midwife.(News from ICM, members and partners)
March 1, 2006... The world needs midwives--now more than ever May 5 is the day to celebrate midwifery worldwide--to remind ourselves and everybody else of the universal importance of midwives' work and what midwives stand for. Many people know of the...

Honour for ICM volunteer.(International Confederation of Midwives )
March 1, 2006... It was with great pleasure that ICM sent a gift and congratulations to Dr Julia Magill-Cuerden on the occasion of a celebratory lunch in December 2005 to mark her acceptance of a Fellowship of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), UK. ...

The experience of being an ICM regional representative: Ruth Brauen and Maria Assunta Facchi are former European representatives for ICM who stood down last year--here they write of their feelings about the role.
March 1, 2006... En tant que representante regionale Ce fut une experience tres enrichissante et avec plein d'inconnues, surtout au debut de mon mandat. Je n'y connaissais rien ou peu, j'ai du d'abord me familiariser avec les differentes associations membres de...

Guidelines for ethical research collaboration across international and culturally diverse communities.(International Confederation of Midwives)
March 1, 2006... Preamble These guidelines are meant to serve as a template to assist midwives to collaborate in research across international and culturally diverse communities, and to provide fundamental principles that will hold true globally, wherever...

'Well-organised, participatory, interactive, friendly!'--a White Ribbon Alliance workshop: Betsy McCallon of the White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) describes recent activities designed to spread the WRA's work wider and consolidate links with the ICM.(International Confederation of Midwives)
March 1, 2006... The White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) for Safe Motherhood is an international coalition of individuals and organisations working to address safe motherhood issues across the globe. As it has grown, the WRA faces the challenge of identifying ways and...

Three workshops on safe motherhood issues: obstetric fistula, PPH and skilled birth attendants: ICM was involved with workshops held in Brisbane, Australia; Lusaka, Zambia; and Behror, India.(Primary pulmonary hypertension)(International Confederation of Midwives)
March 1, 2006... This event was one of the ICM workshops presented at the Triennial Congress in Brisbane in July 2005, in collaboration with partner organisations. Around 50 midwives attended, from countries including Afghanistan, Australia, Barbados, Denmark,...

World Health Day 2006.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... Dr Lee Jong-wook, WHO Director-General, has urged wide engagement with the theme of World Health Day--Working together for Health. He said: '[It] gives us all an opportunity to celebrate the remarkable contribution to human health and...

World health report 2006.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... The World Health Organization's major annual publication has the same theme--Working together for Health.. Its core messages are: * Health workers are crucially important for producing good health through the performance of health systems;...

Delivery of breech babies: new data.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... The international study widely known as the Term Breech Trial was published in October 2000 (1) and resulted in a call for all babies known to be in the breech position at term to be delivered by Caesarean section (CS). This caused dissension...

Viet Nam eliminates maternal and neonatal tetanus.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... Viet Nam has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus as a public health problem, the Ministry of Health of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced in...

New nursing and midwifery website from WHO Europe.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... The fact that nurses and midwives are essential resources in ensuring high-quality health care, is emphasised by a recently launched website at www.euro.who.int/nursingmidwifery. The innovation shows the commitment at WHO Europe office to...

Resourcing global health.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... 4th International Multidisciplinary Conference in collaboration with the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Development June 7-9 2006, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland Hosted by Glasgow...

17th workshop on midwifery research in the German speaking area.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... October 28 2006, Fulda, Germany Following the ICM Research Conference 'Midwives need research Research needs midwives' in 1989 in Tuebingen, a research workshop for midwives is organised annually by the German Midwifery Association and Hannover...

Canadian Association of midwives/L'association canadienne des sage-femmes.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2006... 6ieme Assemblee Generale, Congres et Exposition 18-20 Octobre, 2006--Ottawa, Ontario Download the call for papers at/ Telechargez l'appel de resume a www.canadianmidwives.org