Cowra’s midwives were recognised for their continuing and important hard work with a morning tea and cake last Friday.
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Each year on May 5 those nurses who help bring infants into the world are celebrated on International Day of the Midwife.
Established by the International Confederation of Midwives the day asks the world to focus on the role of midwives and midwifery in the health of mothers and children. This year’s theme was "Midwives, Mothers and Families: Partners for Life!"
The theme was designed to show that midwives everywhere understand that by working in partnership with women and their families they can support them to make better decisions about what they need to have a safe and fulfilling birth.
Over 340,000 women and almost three million infants around the world die each year as a result of preventable pregnancy and childbirth complications.
Most of these deaths would be prevented if there were enough qualified and adequately resourced midwives.
The majority of these deaths occur in low-income countries.
According to the United Nations Population Fund’s, State of the World’s Midwifery report, “extending access to midwives to all pregnant women would save millions of lives each year.”
With the report saying, “If all women gave birth with a midwife in a facility capable of providing basic emergency care, it is estimated that 56 per cent of maternal, fetal and newborn deaths could be prevented”.
