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Midwifery Practice Resources

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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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.
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.
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.
Midwives help with delivery at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
Joint Statement

Joint Statement of Recommendation for the Use of Uterotonics for the Prevention of Postpartum Haemorrhage 

ICM and FIGO strongly recommend the use of uterotonics during active management of third stage of labour to prevent PPH; all health care providers should be trained and competent in both physiological and active management of third stage of labour.
A midwife Hotaru Tsuchida, left and Yuka Yamamoto a midwifery student of a university with a pregnant patient just before giving birth at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
Joint Statement

Joint Statement of Recommendation for the Use of Tranexamic Acid for the Treatment of Postpartum Haemorrhage

FIGO and ICM recommend the early use of TXA within three hours of birth, in addition to standard care for women with clinically diagnosed PPH following vaginal birth or caesarean section.
A midwife Hotaru Tsuchida prepares to help with delivery at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
Statement

Statement in Support of the WHO

The World Health Organization needs to be funded to maintain its position as a global institution that provides trustworthy information during health emergencies.
Position Statement

Positive Action to Reduce Smoking and Second hand Smoke Exposure in Pregnancy

Smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke have a negative impact on the health of women and babies. Midwives should support women to reduce smoking and second-hand smoke in pregnancy, and participate in public health campaigns for smoking cessation.
Position Statement

Obstetric Fistula

Obstetric fistula has severe medical, psychosocial, and economic consequences that can be prevented by skilled midwifery care at birth.
Midwife Juliya Akter is doing Sathi Akter’s (22) pregnancy routine checkup. Her role involves monitoring the progress of labour, offering guidance, and facilitating a safe and positive birthing experience. She does routine examinations in the female ward and attends to newborn babies and mothers. Keraniganj Upazila Health Complex, Bangladesh.
Position Statement

Use of Intermittent Auscultation for Assessment of Fetal Wellbeing during Labour

Use of Intermitted Auscultation for Assessment of Foetal Wellbeing during Labour
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