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69 students passed their Professional Midwife exams in Sierra Leone

The school of midwifery in Makeni, Sierra Leone, became two years old in January 2012. The school opened officially on 15 January 2010 and in January 2012, a first batch of 69 students passed their state Professional Midwife exams. 22 students passed with credits. The formal...

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Safe Motherhood Revisited

This symposium, on 20th April 2012 in Amsterdam, is organized to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Working Party on International Safe Motherhood & Reproductive Health.

The first session of the symposium will look at the effects of 25 years of Safe Motherhood...

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Call for Papers: International Journal of MCH and AIDS

The International Journal of MCH and AIDS (IJMA) invites contributions from public health practitioners, researchers, policy makers, and experts in maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS around the world for its inaugural issue scheduled to publish in June 2012.

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Cordaid launches fourth HIV/AIDS Award

Although not directly related to maternal health, we like to point Meshwork partners to the Cordaid HIV/AIDS award 2011 with the theme "Linking Community- and formal health and care services for people living with HIV".

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Sharing our ideas and making new linkages - ICM congress update

During the 29th ICM Triennial Congress in Durban, MDG5 Meshwork partners are hosting a very interactive and popular booth. On Wednesday, MDG5 Meshwork partner Cordaid had invited partners from Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Malawi to present the creative ways they have found...

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Twins on Global Health television

Please follow this link to see all the news items made by Global Health Television on the ICM Congress. Do not forget to view the interview with the Presidents of SLMA and KNOV and another twin-couple on the Twin-to-Twin project. After clicking the link, you can select the...

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MDG5 Meshwork research strengthens midwifery - Final ICM congress update

“Midwifery practice should be evidence-based and strengthened by research” states Professor Soo Down in the last plenary session during the 29th triennial ICM Congress in Durban. The MDG5 Meshwork for Improving Maternal Health contributes to evidence based policy and practice...

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Website midwives4mothers foundation launched - ICM Congress update

During the 29th ICM Triennial Congress in Durban the foundation midwives4mothers launched their website (www.midwifes4mothers.nl). The foundation is the direct result of the MDG5 Meshwork’s Twinning...

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New report confirms that midwives reduce maternal mortality – ICM congress update

MDG5 Meshwork partners in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan felt supported and encouraged by today’s launch of the State of the World’s Midwifery Report 2011. The report shows that upgrading of midwifery services could save 3.6 million lives in 58 resource poor countries by 2015...

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Dutch and Sierra Leonean Twins steal the show - ICM Congress Update

This week, more than 3000 midwives and maternal health experts from 111 countries gather in Durban at the International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress. The Dutch came with one of the largest delegations: 101 midwives, policy makers and researchers travelled to...

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