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Midwifery Practice Resources

Midwifery practice encompasses 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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A midwife Hotaru Tsuchida teaches a Yoga lesson to a pregnant patient just before giving birth at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
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Keeping Birth Normal 

ICM supports normal childbirth as a physiological life event, promoting midwives' expertise and advocating for accessible, midwife-led care options within healthcare systems.
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.
Free condoms on a table in the waiting room at Choices clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Position Statement

Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV and AIDS)

Midwives have a role in being educators and practitioners to stop the spread of HIV and provide care and treatment when necessary. Midwives also have the right to protective equipment to protect themselves from exposure to HIV.
Position Statement

Midwives and Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance

Antimicrobial resistance is a threat that has a significant effect on the health of women and their newborn infants. Midwives should take all WASH measures to prevent infection when providing care.
Midwives check condition of a pregnant patient just before giving birth at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
Position Statement

Role of the Midwife in Physiological Third Stage of Labour 

All midwives should have skills in the management for a physiological, as well as the active management for the birth of the placenta as a basic midwifery competency.
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

Home Birth

ICM supports women's right to choose home birth with midwife-led care, urging national governments to integrate services and advocating for competency programs.
A midwife Hotaru Tsuchida prepares to help with delivery at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
Position Statement

Appropriate use of Intervention in Childbirth 

For most women, childbirth is normal, life event. Midwives should only use interventions during childbirth when these are necessary. All women should have access to quality are, including options for lifesaving interventions when they are needed.
Midwives check condition of a pregnant patient just before giving birth at Aiiku Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.
Position Statement

Appropriate Use of Caesarean Section

The inappropriate (over)use of caesarean section, when evidence-based criteria are not met, is a violation of women's reproductive rights, and is an avoidable burden on health and social systems. Midwives should be accountable for their role in promoting vaginal birth and the use of evidence-based criteria for caesarean section.
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