International Midwifery articles from November 2005

International Midwifery archives from November 2005

A continuum of global and headquarters activity takes ICM forward into 2006; Kathy Herschderfer is in India at the Taj Mahal, a monument to a woman's death in childbirth and a reminder of the importance of work towards safe motherhood.
November 1, 2005... I write this from Agra, India, the former seat of the Mugal Empire, which is the setting for the Taj Mahal, the magnificent white marble tomb built in the 17th century by Shah Jehan for his wife, Arjuman Banu Begum, who died giving birth to...

New faces and new directions at ICM: 'goodbyes' and 'hellos' to headquarters staff; Jessica Gonzalez brings readers up to date with changes at ICM headquarters, where there are new faces with new skills to enhance services for members.
November 1, 2005... As another year comes to a close we at ICM headquarters felt it important to update you on our team experiences since you last heard directly from HQ staff in the Nov/Dec 2004 issue of International Midwifery. Our small staff has seen many...

Meet the new ICM Deputy Director--Canadian midwife Bridget Lynch: the 2005 ICM Council elected Bridget Lynch as Deputy Director of the ICM Board. During the first meeting in The Hague, she talked to Elizabeth Duff.(Interview)
November 1, 2005... Q: Bridget, what first made you think of becoming a midwife? BL: It was the birth of my own children that stimulated my interest in childbirth and midwifery. My first baby was born in hospital. I had an episiotomy and a forceps delivery,...

The role of ICM Regional Representative: Joyce Safe.
November 1, 2005... Above, former regional representative Bridget Lynch tracks her progress via this role to Deputy Director of the ICM. We have asked other outgoing representatives for their own messages, and the first is Joyce Safe from Tanzania in Africa East:...

Promoting the health of mothers and newborns during birth and the postnatal period; Nester T Moyo describes a successful Collaborative Safe Motherhood Pre-Congress Workshop, held in Brisbane, Australia, July 21-23, 2005.
November 1, 2005... The death of a childbearing woman (and often her unborn or newborn child) is always disaster, an unnecessary and wasteful event which carries with it a huge burden of human grief and pain. Since 1987 ICM and its member associations have been...