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Post-Nursing Midwifery Programme Guide

This guide is an overview of the key components of a post-nursing midwifery pre-service programme to help guide midwifery teachers and faculty to either develop a new credential or revise pre-existing pre-service programmes.

3 February 2023

Laos becomes first ASEAN Nation to achieve International Accreditation of Midwifery Education

In 2022, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), in consultation with UNFPA Laos, chose the Colleges of Laos to be part of the second pilot project for the Midwifery Education … Continued

Education, South-East Asia

Guide

Direct-Entry Midwifery Programme Guide

This programme guide provides midwifery educators with an example of how to structure a direct-entry midwifery programme that meets the ICM Global Standards for Midwifery Education.

Core Document

Global Standards for Midwifery Education

The ICM Standards for Midwifery Education are an essential pillar of ICM’s efforts to strengthen midwifery worldwide by promoting high quality education programmes that prepare midwives who meet the ICM definition of a midwife.

6 November 2020

32nd ICM Virtual Triennial Congress – FAQ

In October, the ICM Board made the decision to transfer the 2021 32nd Triennial Congress to a virtual format instead of continuing with plans for a face-to-face Congress in Bali. … Continued

Association, Education, Enabling Environment, Essential Competencies, Leadership, Philosophy, Regulation

3 June 2020

Bi-weekly COVID-19 Webinars from top Healthcare Organisations

IPA and UNICEF along with WHO are conducting a series of fortnightly webinars covering relevant topics in relation to COVID-19. The webinar series runs in three languages (English, French and … Continued

Education, Research

1 April 2020

2010 Award Winners

2019 Award Winners ICM Research Award Cesa Pratiwi (Indonesia) About Cesa’s project: The study aims to explore what women with perinatal mental health problems expect from their families and how … Continued

Education, Research

16 March 2020

FREE COURSE: Improving the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents

Learn about how we can safeguard the health of women and young people in a free, online course Each year, there are roughly 10 million mostly preventable newborn, child, adolescent, … Continued

Advocacy, Education

6 February 2020

MOOC free cource maternity care is open now for registration and begins on Monday January 27th

Linked closely to the Lancet series on Midwifery this free to access on line course (MOOC) explains why we need relationship-based care in maternity services. 7000 people from around the … Continued

Education

21 May 2019

Strengthening quality midwifery education for Universal Health Coverage 2030: Framework for action

Launch of the report: Strengthening quality midwifery education for Universal Health Coverage 2030: Framework for action Yesterday, the World Health Organization alongside UNFPA and ICM launched The Framework for … Continued

Education