This guidance note is designed for countries seeking to scale up midwifery services, especially at the community level. It is part of a UNFPA-ICM (International Confederation of Midwives) Joint Initiative to support the call for a Decade of Action for Human Resources for Health made at World Health Assembly in 2006.
This note outlines in detail the action required by policy-makers and programme managers to effect change at country level and scale up midwifery capacity, specifically in poor and hard-to-reach areas.
Giving Girls Today and Tomorrow
Breaking the Cycle of Adolescent Pregnancy
Number of pages: 24
Publication date: 01 January 2007
Author: UNFPA
Guidance on Global Scale-Up of the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
Towards Universal Access for Women, Infants and Young Children and Eliminating HIV and AIDS Among Children
Number of pages: 40
Publication date: 01 January 2007
Author: IATT on Prevention of HIV Transmission in Pregnant Women, Mothers and their Children
Maternal Mortality in 2005
Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and The World Bank
Number of pages: 46
Publication date: 01 January 2007
Author: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and The World Bank
Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation: An Interagency Statement
Number of pages: 48
Publication date: 01 January 2008
Author: OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNECA, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIFEM, WHO
Publisher: WHO