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I work in the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health as a midwifery specialist. Until I joined, there weren’t any midwives at the ministerial level. I also work with the Kabul Medical University, where in 2014 we started a bachelor’s program for midwifery. Before that there was only a diploma program....
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I wanted to be a midwife for as long as I can remember and have now been practicing this noble profession for 30 years. I joined the Aga Khan Hospital as the nurse manager for maternal and child health in 1990 and was appointed director of nursing and midwifery services...
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I’m an aboriginal midwife, a Métis from the Winnipeg, Canada, area. But I have worked in Norway House, a First-Nation community, in a semi-remote area near Lake Winnipeg since 2006. I’ve been a midwife since 1982 and am a member of NACM, the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives. I’ve always...
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The era of the Sustainable Development Goals brings with it ambitious new targets and a clear vision of a healthy world. What we all must remember is the role that midwives and midwifery can play in achieving that vision. Mexico has long recognized that the overall maternal mortality rate is...
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55-year old Hira Devi, a nurse-midwife works in the Jhanjheli Block in the Mandi District of the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India. As a practicing midwife, she travels up to 18 kilometers each time she goes to assist an expecting mother for a safe delivery at home. Hira Devi’s...
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