Midwife-Led Birth Centres

MLBCs are run by highly skilled teams who help women give birth in a comfortable environment where they can feel at home. They are also settings where midwives can provide primary midwifery services. These resources offer information on how to open, run and staff an MLBC, and more.

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18 September 2024

Behind the Camera: Capturing the Strength of Indigenous Midwives with Tace Stevens

Tace Stevens' photography captures the genuine care and support Indigenous midwives provide to their communities, highlighting the importance of culturally safe, holistic maternal and reproductive healthcare in Australia.

Midwife-Led Birth Centres, Philosophy, Western Pacific

Midwife Smrity Biswas is doing Fatema’s pregnancy routine checkup. She does routine examinations in the female ward and attends to newborn babies and mothers. Keraniganj Upazila Health Complex, Bangladesh.

4 January 2024

Professional Midwife-Led Care in India

The midwifery profession, as defined by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), is new in India. India, like many countries is moving towards embedding midwifery into its health system as a way to improve sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health outcomes.

Education, Essential Competencies, Midwife-Led Birth Centres, Model of Care, South-East Asia