UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
- 05 May 2017
<div style="text-align: justify;">Name of Programme: You and Your Health</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">Date: May 5, 2017<br />Time: Friday 11:30am, repeated Saturday 4:00PM</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">International Day of the Midwife – how the day is being commemorated in Liberia (May 5, 2017)</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Names of guests/resource persons:<br />Wilhelmina Flomo, President<br />Laurine Nyenpan, Vice President<br />Sawah Sahffa Program Committee Chairperson of the Liberia Association of Midwives</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">May 5 is the internationally recognized day for highlighting the work of midwives. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) established the idea of the 'International Day of the Midwife' following suggestions and discussion among Midwives Associations in the late 1980s, then launched the initiative formally in 1992.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">The President of the Liberia Association of Midwives said they are now creating awareness on the important role midwives play in the society. She said they want to dispel the notion that midwives are mere birth attendance.</div>