Views: Visits 9 CREDIT: Canadian Association of Midwives Dr Natalia Kanem, the Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA), has stressed the need for increased investment in midwives to save more lives. She made the call in a statement issued by the UNFPA Nigeria Media Consultant, Mrs Kori Habib, on Wednesday in Abuja to mark the 2021 International Day of the Midwife (IDM), with the theme “Follow the Data, Invest in Midwives.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IDM is annually marked on May 5 around the globe to highlight the important roles nurses and midwives play in national development. It is also a day to highlight key issues affecting the health workforce. This year’s international day of the midwife focuses on rising spate of violence against women and girls.
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CREDIT: Canadian Association of Midwives
Dr Natalia Kanem, the Executive Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA), has stressed the need for increased investment in midwives to save more lives.
She made the call in a statement issued by the UNFPA Nigeria Media Consultant, Mrs Kori Habib, on Wednesday in Abuja to mark the 2021 International Day of the Midwife (IDM), with the theme “Follow the Data, Invest in Midwives.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that IDM is annually marked on May 5 around the globe
to highlight the important roles nurses and midwives play in national development.
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Media release from the New Zealand College of Midwives
Thursday 6 May 2021, 03:38 PM
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Midwife Pam Colbert with her band Tyneegiant
Midwife Pam Colbert has put her skills out for all to see on You Tube.
No, not the skill as a midwife but her other skill as a songwriter and musician with her band Tyneegiant
Pam is a community-based midwife (Lead Maternity Carer) in Rotorua, and is also a mum of seven.
She says she wrote the song because she enjoys song writing, and it was really important to get the message out that midwives are not paid for all the work they do.
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The Minister of Women Affairs, Sen. Pauline Tallen, has said 30 per cent of women and girls between the ages of 15-49 experience different forms of sexual abuse.
Tallen said this, on Tuesday in Abuja, at a panel discussion to commemorate the International Day of the Midwife 2021, and the Orange World Campaign Flag-off.
The theme of the event was, “Access to Services For GBV Survivors in Nigeria: A Call to Action.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the advocacy event was organised by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), as part of its mandate of engaging health professional associations in ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in Nigeria.