Strengthening quality midwifery education for Universal Health Coverage 2030

Added on : 20 May 2019

By: Quality of Care Network secretariat

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the International Convention of Midwives  launched the Framework for action: Strengthening quality midwifery education for UHC 2030. 

When midwives are educated to international standards, and midwifery includes the provision of family planning, it could avert more than 80% of all maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Achieving this impact also requires that midwives are licensed, regulated, fully integrated into health systems and working in interprofessional teams. Yet there is a startling lack of investment in quality midwifery education, despite the evidence of impact. Now is the time to take collective action.

The Framework  is a guide to develop high-quality, sustainable pre- and in-service education to save lives, and includes a seven-step action plan for use by all stakeholders in maternal and newborn health. 

 

Photo: Every woman and newborn should be cared for by a midwife educated to international standards. ©H4+/Sven Torfinn

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