INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE MIDWIFE 2013
“EVERY WOMAN, EVERY CHILD” : A MIDWIFERY PERSPECTIVE We reviewed all government commitments in support of the “Every Woman, Every Child” campaign and identified action statements along the continuum of care through pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum/postnatal period. We present those that fall within the scope of practice of midwifery below; this data is made available in support of the International Day of the Midwife.
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OF THESE ACTION STATEMENTS:
44% 17%
Cover pregnancy
33% 6%
Cover period before/ after having children
Cover birth
Cover post-partum
COUNTRIES MAKING COMMITMENTS TO TRAIN ADDITIONAL MIDWIVES:
MIDWIFERY AT THE CORE OF THE MDG MOMENTUM AND POST-2015 AGENDA
6,500
2000
1:2 explicitly name“skilled birth attendants”
UNFINISHED AGENDA
3,000
MIDWIFERY
1,500
name “midwife”
BANGLADESH
221
200
160
BURUNDI
CAMEROON
CHAD
“Every Women, Every Child” campaign
ETHIOPIA
BIRTH
PREGNANCY
Ending preventable maternal mortality
A Promise Renewed
POST-PARTUM
CASE STUDY: CAMBODIA
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD,
MALI
Distribute free insecticide-treated bed-nets to women making second ante-natal visits
46 HAVE MADE COMMITMENTS TO THE “EVERY WOMAN, EVERY CHILD” CAMPAIGN. THE
AFGHANISTAN
Increase the proportion of deliveries assisted by a skilled professional from 24% to 75%
INDIA
Augment counseling services for women after childbirth
MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL ACTION STATEMENTS ARE GUINEA-BISSAU Increase pre-natal consultations to 70%
BANGLADESH
ZAMBIA
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Global Newborn Action Plan
LAO PDR
AMONG THE 49 LOWEST-INCOME
DEPENDENT ON A HEALTH WORKER, IN PARTICULAR A MIDWIFE, TO BE ACHIEVED.
POST-2015
MDG Momentum
1:3 explicitly
PERIOD BEFORE/AFTER HAVING CHILDREN
2025
2015
Suggested citation: Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Robbert Duvivier, Jim Campbell. Commitments for “Every Woman, Every Child”: a midwifery perspective. Technical Brief May 2013. ICS Integrare. Barcelona, Spain.
Increase contraceptive prevalence from 33% to 58%
MADAGASCAR
Increase tetanus vaccination for pregnant women from 57% to 80%
Staff all 427 sub-district health centres to provide round-the-clock midwifery services
Remaining countries that have made commitments to “Every Women, Every Child”
Cambodia has made commitments that target a wide range of midwifery services, thereby providing a good example of how action statements can cover the whole continuum of care. Cambodia’s commitments aspire to increase:
60%
the proportion of couples using modern contraception to 60%
90%
attendance at ante-natal clinics to 90%
70%
proportion of deliveries assisted by a skilled birth attendant to 70%
50%
proportion of women with access to Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) services to 50%
50%
attendance at post-natal clinics to 50%