International Midwifery articles from September 2004

International Midwifery archives from September 2004

Effective partnerships continue to hold the key to ICM's achievements: Board of Management Director Joyce Thompson reports on a successful discussion of future plans which draw on the strengths of ICM's global and local partners.
September 1, 2004... Excitement--challenges--eager anticipation--risks--planning for success! These are just a few of the emotions and activities that filled ICM headquarters during our most recent meeting of the Board of Management, 30 September and 1-2 October...

A global perspective on the 'architecture of midwifery education': Nester Moyo, ICM Programme Manager, presented the global view on the midwifery curriculum to a conference of the Royal College of Midwives, UK.
September 1, 2004... Let us start from the end? A global midwifery curriculum must: * Be fit for practice * Recognise the political realities of the global village * Be based on a professional midwifery ethos. * Set a standard which gives midwives...

Partnership looks forward to World Health Day, April 2005: Joyce Thompson for ICM co-chairs the steering committee of the Partnership for Safe Motherhood & Newborn Health, which met September 27-29, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The third meeting of the Steering Committee of the Partnership for Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health (PSMNH) was held in Nairobi, Kenya, organised and ably supported by the Partnership's Executive Officer, Petra ten Hoope Bender, former ICM...

'Beyond the numbers'.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The World Health Organization has published a new document entitled Beyond the Numbers: Reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer. In the drive to achieve the reduction of maternal mortality set out in the...

Feeding sick newborns in a developing world hospital nursery: Dutch neonatologist GF Drejer and perinatal nurse/midwife Lennie Kamwendo describe experiences in Malawi and draw conclusions from their practice.
September 1, 2004... This article describes some of the problems of feeding newborns admitted to the newborn nursery of a large maternity department in a developing country (Table 1), where babies are dependent on breastfeeding as their sole source of food. This...

Strengthening skilled care in the African Region: ICM takes role in WHO workshop: ICM Programme Manager Nester Moyo co-facilitated a workshop and presented the ICM Essential Competencies: September 13-17, 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa.
September 1, 2004... I facilitated at a workshop entitled 'Strengthening Midwifery Skills in the Africa Region' run by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and held at the Rosebank Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa. Twelve countries were represented: Eritrea,...

Regional Reproductive Health Task Force in Africa.
September 1, 2004... The third meeting of the Regional Reproductive Health Task Force in Africa ended on October 8, 2004, in Harare, Zimbabwe, with a recommendation for the establishment of a special fund for the acceleration of work to reduce maternal and newborn...

Meet the President! Caroline Weaver talks of her experience in a key ICM role: Caroline Weaver was elected as ICM vice-president in 1999, and president in 2002. Elizabeth Duff asks her to look both back in time--and forward to July 2005!(Interview)
September 1, 2004... Q: What first attracted you to midwifery--and what was your pathway to getting there? CW: I know that one influencing factor was that--as the oldest of seven children--I have very fond memories of the local midwife in the UK, who helped my...

ICM Congress news.
September 1, 2004... The organising committee is delighted to report that the midwives invited to Brisbane as keynote speakers have accepted their invitations with pleasure. The four days of the Congress will each bring together participants in a plenary session to...

'Champions for Change': marking the achievements of the MNH programme.(News from ICM members and partners)(Maternal and Neonatal Health )
September 1, 2004... The Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) programme, based at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, closed in September 2004, after five years of worldwide action which helped to lay the foundations for many new strategies in safe motherhood....

The Cairo consensus at 10.(News from ICM members and partners)(United Nations Fund for Population Activities )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The UNFPA State of the World Population Report 2004 finds that gender gaps as well as those between rich and poor undermine advances made since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. The report looks at...

Greetings from Liberia.(News from ICM members and partners)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... 'We were glad to celebrate midwifery day on July 9 in Liberia after our civil crisis. The day brought together midwives, nurses, trained traditional midwives, officers of the board of nurses and midwives, and students from the Tubman National...