International Midwifery articles from March 2007

International Midwifery archives from March 2007

ICM--keeping our members in touch: ICM Treasurer Franka Cadee gives an update on the finances and on moves for midwifery in her home country of the Netherlands.
March 1, 2007... I'm now in my fifth year as treasurer in the board of the International Confederation of Midwives. I must say it has been a steep learning curve--and the position remains a challenging one! It has always felt a privilege for me to work for ICM...

Meet the ICM president--British midwife Dame Karlene Davis: Karlene Davis has led the UK's Royal College of Midwives for 10 years; next year, as ICM President, she welcomes the ICM to Glasgow.(Interview)
March 1, 2007... Q: What first attracted you to the idea of becoming a midwife? KD: In fact my first ambition was to be a teacher--the fascination of midwifery came later on. At home in Jamaica, where my mother was a teacher and my father was a policeman,...

Results from the ICM membership survey: Jessica Gonzalez of the ICM Secretariat summarises the useful information obtained from the ICM's 2006 survey of its members.(International Council of Midwives)(Survey)
March 1, 2007... The ICM Secretariat was very happy with the response received from members: 59 out of 89 members completed and returned their surveys, marking a slight increase on the response in 2005. These surveys are vital for ensuring that our member...

Scaling up midwifery-reaching out to women 1st Forum on Midwifery in the Community: Karen Odberg Petterson, Della Sherratt and Nester T Moyo report on the 1st International Forum on midwifery in the community, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, 11-15 December 2006.(Conference news)
March 1, 2007... Half of the World's Pregnant Women Still Lack Access to Skilled Care at Childbirth HAMMAMET, Tunisia, 11 December 2006: Half of the world's pregnant women still have no access to skilled care at childbirth. This contributes to a...

New ICM secretariat office.(News from ICM and partners)(International Council of Midwives)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... The move to the new office premises in The Hague took place smoothly during the first week of February. The change offers ICM staff the environment of a modern building with excellent security and support. Access to facilities such as large...

ICM Research Standing Committee Networking Chair.(News from ICM and partners)
March 1, 2007... Della Forster lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has worked in a variety of midwifery settings, and currently has two positions: Research Fellow at Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University; and Midwifery Consultant at the Royal...

WHO education material for teachers of midwifery.(News from ICM and partners)
March 1, 2007... A set of training manuals developed to equip midwives with essential lifesaving skills is now available from the Making Pregnancy Safer department at the World Health Organization (WHO). Both the ICM and the American College of...

IDM 2006 celebrated in Cyprus.(News from ICM and partners)(International Day of the Midwife)(International Council of Midwives)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... A late but very welcome report on the IDM in 2006 has arrived from the Cyprus Nurses & Midwives Association. Board member Niki Panayiotou writes: On May 5, from 8:00-15:00, the midwife members of the Cyprus Nurses and Midwives Association...

President of Benin midwives visits ICM office in The Hague.(News from ICM and partners)
March 1, 2007... Madame Laurence Odounlami Monteiro, President of the Association des Sages-Femmes du Benin, visited the new ICM office in The Hague during March 2007 and joined the staff for lunch. Seen in the photo above are Jessica Gonzalez, Kathy...

The promise of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment: a new tool to use against PPH: Dawn Joyce, Jennifer Clark and Suellen Miller of the Safe Motherhood Programs, Women's Global Health Imperative, University of California San Francisco, USA.
March 1, 2007... Maternal mortality and PPH As was highlighted in last year's International Midwifery special issue on prevention of post-partum haemorrhage (PPH), every year an estimated 529,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth;...

PMNCH acknowledges the role of health professionals.(Worldwide news)(Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)(Report)
March 1, 2007... A statement issued in 2006 by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) has made clear the significant role played by health care professional organisations in advancing the wellbeing of women, babies and their families....

WHO report: 'Opportunities for Africa's newborns'.(Worldwide news)
March 1, 2007... A new report has shown improvements in child survival in Africa for the first time since the 1980s--but more than a million African babies still die in the first month of life The World Health Organization report, published November 2006,...

Award for Theresa Shaver.(Worldwide news)(midwife)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Midwife Theresa Shaver, Director of the White Ribbon Alliance, received an International Health award from the American Public Health Association (APHA) in November 2006. The APHA recognised that Theresa has dedicated her professional...

Midwives reach out to women-wherever they live/Les sages-femmes tendent la main aux femmes--ou qu'elles se trouvent dans le monde/Las matronas tienden la mano a las mujeres-dondequiera que vivan.(The International Day of the Midwife 2007)
March 1, 2007... The unique quality of midwifery is its model of a continuum of care for women and their babies wherever they need it: in the home, the community, the hospital 'Reaching out' is an important part of a midwife's job, not just to provide care...

Islamabad declaration on strengthening nursing and midwifery 4-6 March 2007.(Conference news)
March 1, 2007... Preamble In May 2006, the World Health Assembly endorsed Resolution WHA59.27, reaffirming the crucial contribution of the nursing and midwifery professions to health systems and the health of the people they serve. In response, the Federal...