‘Saving Lives: highlighting the unique role of midwives in global maternal and newborn health’

FIGO supports International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2012

Imagine three Jumbo jets filled with pregnant women crashing daily

The aim of the fifth United Nations Millennium Developmental Goal is to reduce maternal mortality by 75 percent by 2015.

Little or no progress has been made towards achieving this goal in low- and middle-resource countries, with over 500,000 women dying yearly from pregnancy and delivery-related complications, equivalent to three Jumbo jets full of pregnant women crashing daily.

More than 200 NGOs attend preparation summit in Rome

GYNAECOLOGISTS DEMAND THAT G8 DEDICATE MORE RESOURCES TO MATERNAL INFANT NURSING CARE

SIGO president and FIGO delegate, Giorgio Vittori declares “Our objective is to save millions of lives: every 8 minutes a woman dies due to unsafe abortion methods, and one out of every 40 is killed by her partner”  

FIGO supports the view that childbearing, for the great majority of women throughout the world, is a normal, physiological process influenced by culture, traditions, religion and psychosocial factors.

FIGO further asserts that childbearing is a family event that requires as a starting point a health-oriented rather than a disease-oriented model of care from providers.