From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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Midwifery 2011: <br>
Delivering Health, Saving Lives<br>
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Population Fund (UNFPA), June 2011<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Main page available online at: <a href="http://bit.ly/lmykw7" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/lmykw7</span></font></a>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“….The report confirms the critical role
midwives play in improving maternal and newborn health and survival. It
highlights the shortage of skilled midwives in many low-income countries,
stressing the need to train and deploy more midwives in all parts of a country
- especially remote and rural areas. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The report, commissioned and coordinated by the
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), was launched at the Triennial Congress
of the International Confederation of Midwives in Durban, South Africa today….”
</span></font><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">WHO press release</span></font></i><i><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic"><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“….Increasing women's
access to quality midwifery has become a focus of global efforts to realize the
right of every woman to the best possible health care during pregnancy and
childbirth. A first step is assessing the situation.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The report supported by 30 partners,
provides the first comprehensive analysis of midwifery services and issues in
countries where the needs are greatest.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The report provides new information
and data gathered from 58 countries in all regions of the world. Its analysis
confirms that the world lacks some 350,000 skilled midwives -- 112,000 in the
neediest 38 countries surveyed -- to fully meet the needs of women around the
world. The report explores a range of issues related to building up this key
health workforce….”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="FR">Content:<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Foreword<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Executive Summary<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Introduction<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Part 1: Midwifery around the world<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Part 2: The state of midwifery today<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Part 3: Moving Forward<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Part 4: Country profiles<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">References and Notes<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex 1: Abbreviations, acronyms and
glossary<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex 2: Data dictionary<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex 3: Workforce estimates<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Annex 4: Lives saved analysis<br>
<font color="white"><span style="color:white">English: </span></font></span></font><font color="white" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white" lang="FR"><a href="http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/resources/en/main.htm" target="_blank"><font color="white"><span style="color:white" lang="EN-US">http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/resources/en/main.htm</span></font></a></span></font><font color="white" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white" lang="FR"> </span></font><font color="white" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


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</span></font><font color="white" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white" lang="FR"><a href="http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/resources/fr/main.htm" target="_blank"><font color="white"><span style="color:white" lang="EN-US">http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/resources/fr/main.htm</span></font></a></span></font><font color="white" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white" lang="FR"> </span></font><font color="white" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


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<a href="http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/resources/es/main.htm" target="_blank"><font color="white"><span style="color:white">http://www.unfpa.org/sowmy/resources/es/main.htm</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <br>

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