The ICM/Save the Children Excellence in Midwifery Award rewarded two midwives who have been champions for newborn survival in those countries which experience the highest number of newborn deaths. With this award, ICM and Save the Children recognized the work midwives do in particular the difference that midwives can make for newborn survival. The winners of this award are Pronita Rani Raha from Bangladesh, and Agnes Kasaigi from Uganda. In Bangladesh, where midwifery is not yet established as an autonomous profession, Pronita Rani Raha is one of the first midwives and a true role model for others. In Uganda, Agnes works in a rural health clinic and dedicates her life to helping mothers. Colleagues say about Agnes that she is ‘friendly, committed, a mother who gives care’.
About the Award
ICM together with Save the Children are working to identify and reward two midwives who have been champions for newborn survival in those countries which experience the highest number of newborn deaths. With this award ICM and Save the Children are recognizing the work midwives do in particular the difference that midwives can make for newborn survival. The awards are sponsored by Save the Children and ICM, and given on behalf of EveryOne, Save the Children’s global campaign to save children’s lives, and Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program (SNL), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
This is the fourth occasion that Save the Children and ICM are presenting this award.
Past winners came from South Africa, Nigeria and Afghanistan.