Second World Summit for Social Development
Mwives on Wheels’ team members attended the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha from the 4th to the 6th of December 2025. This was an opportunity to advocate for improving Maternal and New Born health outcomes, exchanging with representatives of various organisations from around the world and attending insighful presentations and debates.
https://social.desa.un.org/world-summit-2025
Safe Birth in Crisis Webinar on Postpartum Haemorrhage in Home Setting
ICM produced a very informative and insightful Implementation Guide for the ICM Professional Framework for Midwifery. It provides practical guidance to support countries in strengthening midwifery services through education, regulation, leadership, and care models. It outlines actionable steps and case studies to help stakeholders integrate the framework into national health systems and improve outcomes in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH).
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International Day of the Midwives
Happy International Day of the Midwife!
Today, we celebrate the heart, hands, and unwavering dedication of midwives around the world. Thank you for being the guardians of life, advocates for women, and champions of safe, respectful maternity care. Your work changes lives every single day—one birth, one mother, one baby at a time.
With deep gratitude and admiration, we honour you.
The theme of the 34th ICM Triennial Congress, One Million More Midwives, underscores the pressing necessity for a minimum of one million additional midwives globally to adequately address the sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH) requirements of women and gender-diverse individuals. According to data from 2019, the most recent State of the World’s Midwifery Report estimated a worldwide deficiency of 900,000 midwives. In the aftermath of the pandemic, this figure is undoubtedly higher. The evidence indicates that with the addition of at least 900,000 midwives, we could avert 67% of maternal fatalities, 64% of newborn fatalities, and 65% of stillbirths on an annual basis—ultimately preserving up to 4.3 million lives each year by the year 2035.
The Midwifery Accelerator
Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn
IDM2025 Digital Toolkit
The global community is currently confronted with an extraordinary array of compounding crises, including natural disasters, armed conflicts, and the persistent repercussions of climate change. Women, including during pregnancy and motherhood, as well as young girls are particularly affected by these crises, as they are exposed to increased challenges. These challenges include complications during pregnancy, violence against women, and limited access to basic health services.
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) acknowledges the critical role played by midwives during these tumultuous times. Indeed, midwives serve as trusted first responders within their communities and possess the capability to fortify health systems, rendering them more resilient in the face of crises. They are equipped to deliver up to 90% of sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH) services, even under the most intricate humanitarian circumstances. Consequently, the theme for this year’s International Day of the Midwife (IDM) is “Midwives: Critical in Every Crisis”.
ICM designed an essential toolkit promoting and advocating for the recognition of Midwives
World Health Organisation Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth – Progress report 2023
The enhancement of maternal and newborn health, alongside the promotion of survival rates and the mitigation of stillbirth occurrences, underscores the advancements made globally concerning maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, and stillbirths, in addition to the endeavors undertaken by nations to achieve the global objectives pertaining to these three imperative challenges. By employing data recently published in various analyses concerning maternal mortality, stillbirths, and neonatal mortality, as well as newly acquired information regarding national progress towards the ENAP-EPMM coverage objectives and milestones, this report summarizes the principal findings from the data and delineates the priority actions to be undertaken.