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How Can Health Leaders Improve Respect and Recognition for Midwives?
Olajumoke Adebayo, Midwife, advocate, and founder of ReprolifeCarol Bales, Advocacy and Policy Communications Manager, IntraHealth International

Olajumoke Adebayo has some ideas.

International Day of the Midwife, Midwives
Now’s the Time to Push for Advanced Roles for Nurses
Pandora Hardtman, Jhpiego

International Nurses Day—and Florence Nightingale’s vision—should inspire us.

Nurses, Midwives
Policymakers Must Do More to Support Midwives like Me
Olajumoke Adebayo, Midwife, advocate, and founder of Reprolife

To end the pandemic and better respond to the next outbreak, we must start prioritizing midwives.

Midwives, COVID-19
To Decolonize Global Nursing and Midwifery, Let’s Rethink How We Train Health Workers
Stembile Mugore, IntraHealth International

Curricula and training must be country-led and aligned to each nation’s unique needs.

Midwives, Nurses
Midwives Are Leaders on the Line. Listen to Them.
Carol Bales and Elizabeth Walsh

If you’re not already listening to midwives, start now with these testimonies from Fatima, Juliet, Sage, and S. Bakhla.

Midwives
Reflections on 2020 from a Nurse and a Midwife
Stembile Mugore, IntraHealth International

What does 2020 The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife mean for us? How will we be honored —and how will we honor the profession?

Community Health Workers, Midwives, Nurses, maternal and child health, #FrontlinePerspectives
The Right Training Has Led to 100% Survival for Preterm Babies at this Ugandan Hospital
Irene Mirembe, IntraHealth International

This midwife is giving babies born too soon a chance at life.

education and training, maternal and child health, IntraHealth International, Midwives
Improving Primary Care by Championing Our Primary Resource—the Health Worker
Phil Carroll, Senior Advocacy Manager, Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is delivering on the new Political Declaration for UHC by launching the Center for Health Worker Innovation to strengthen primary, community-based care.
UNGA, Community Health Workers, Midwives, Nurses, UHC
Midwives Can Reduce the Number of Preventable Deaths From Pre-Eclampsia: Research from Kenya and Nigeria
Amy Dempsey

This International Day of the Midwife, learn from the Population Council on how they are working with midwives to reduce preventable deaths from Pre-Eclampsia.

family planning, maternal and child health, Midwives, women
Enabling and Elevating Midwives with “Whole-System” Support
H.E. Madame Toyin Saraki / Wellbeing Foundation AfricaRachel Deussom / HRH2030 Program, Chemonics International

This International Day of the Midwife, let's support midwives so they can reach their full potential and be the change agents we need.

Midwives, Women, International Day of the Midwife