19 April 2013

To celebrate and promote this year's International day of the Midwife (5th May), our current first year midwifery students will be fundraising at our Cambridge Open Day on Saturday 27th April. They will be located outside of the corporate suite in the Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) in the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education area and warmly invite you to visit their stall between 10am-2pm.

Visitors will be able to sample some delicious and creative 'midwifery-themed' baking, guess the number of jelly babies in the jar, try their luck at tombola and find out more about a cause our students hold close to their hearts.

The International Day of the Midwife marks the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) campaign to raise awareness about the global inequalities in maternal and newborn health. Across the world, over 340,000 women and over 5 million infants die each year as a result of preventable pregnancy and childbirth complications. The World Health Organization, UN agencies and other global partners have identified that midwives are the key to achieving reductions in maternal and newborn deaths and disabilities globally. Access to essential midwifery services reduces maternal and infant mortality and reduces the cycle of poverty in developing countries where 90% of maternal deaths occur. Closer to home in the UK, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has also campaigned for the recruitment of 5,000 much needed British midwives. The problem is both global and local, and it affects us all as every one of us knows a mother and family-to-be.

Don't hesitate to come and chat to our students about the International day of the Midwife, their passion for midwifery and their opinions about the course.

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