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Midwifery Practice

Midwifery practice encompass all resources related to the latest advancements in midwifery and focuses on providing evidence-based care in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH).

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5 October 2024

Beyond the Surface: re-framing perinatal depression 

Addressing perinatal depression requires a culturally sensitive approach, focusing on emotional distress in maternal care, especially for vulnerable populations like Māori women in New Zealand.

Advocacy, Leadership, Midwifery Practice, Research, Western Pacific
Joint Statement

Statement on contraception

FIGO and ICM call upon OBGYNs and midwives at all levels of practice, in hospitals and communities to prioritise and actively engage in the following ways to ensure the provision of contraception to all.
31 July 2024

Context Adapted Obstetric Training  

The new CAOT concept addresses implementation barriers by adapting training to context and needs, involving health care providers throughout.

Midwifery Practice
30 July 2024

Having Enough Milk to Sustain a Lactation Journey: A Call to Action 

ICM calls on midwives to increase knowledge and skills to support women postnatally, ensuring longer breastfeeding duration.

Advocacy, Midwifery Practice
Jane Mpanga, a midwife checks on a new born baby at her clinic in Kireka, Kampala.
Position Statement

Care of the Newborn

This document underscores midwives' crucial role in newborn care, stressing the need for high-quality training, resources, and support to reduce neonatal mortality.
22 July 2024

Midwifery in Rwanda: what you need to know ahead of the Africa and Eastern Mediterranean Regional Conference  

As the ICM Regional Conference for Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean approaches, it is time to explore and understand the midwifery landscape in this country.

Association, Education, Enabling Environment, Essential Competencies, Leadership, Midwifery Practice, Model of Care, Africa
A midwife Yuri Kudo and her patient Aiko Takemoto during a postnatal checkup at Yajima midwifery clinic in Tokyo, Japan.
5 June 2024

Exciting Update from HMBS: Streamlined Access to Programmes for Supporting Mothers and Babies

HMBS has updated its website, making it easier for healthcare professionals to access free educational programmes and materials globally.

Education, Midwifery Practice
16 May 2024

Midwifery myth-busting: sexual and reproductive health for trans people 

For the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia we are working to dispel some myths and misconceptions surrounding health and midwifery care for trans people.

Advocacy, Gender Equality, Midwifery Practice
Rozina Begum is holding her 2-day-old son. She gave birth to the child with the assistance of midwives in Keraniganj Upazila Health Complex, Bangladesh.
Position Statement

Breastfeeding and Human Milk 

Breastfeeding is essential for infant health and maternal well-being. ICM advocates for exclusive breastfeeding, supporting informed choices, and midwives' crucial role.
A smiling midwife embraces a mother and her baby in a midwifery clinic with colourful art on the walls
Position Statement

Collaboration and Partnerships for Healthy Women

ICM advocates multi-professional collaboration for optimal sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn care, emphasizing trust, open communication, and strategic partnerships.
Midwife Kemetra King performs a wellness check with patient Ari Eisenberg, who is nonbinary, at Choices clinic. Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Position Statement

Midwifery: An Autonomous Profession 

ICM advocates global recognition of midwifery as an autonomous profession, rooted in unique knowledge, ethics, self-governance, and societal regulation.
Joint Statement

Guidance on the use of heat-stable carbetocin as an alternative to oxytocin in the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage

Policymakers, managers and clinicians operating in resource-constrained settings encourage the use of heat-stable carbetocin within countries, there might be an implication that oxytocin and heat-stable carbetocin indications are considered equivalent - they are not.
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