CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -This year, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), which began as the International Midwives Union in Belgium, turns a century old, so what better theme for International Day of the Midwife than “100 Years of Progress.”

Detailed explanation-2: -The theme of this year’s International Nurses Day is “Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health”, and the theme of last week’s International Day of the Midwife was “100 years of progress”.

Detailed explanation-3: -This year’s International Day of the Midwife theme is ‘100 years of progress’. The day will reflect on progress in midwifery over the past 100 years.

Detailed explanation-4: -International Midwives’ Day serves to remind us that the female body is perfectly capable of giving birth and carrying a child to term without some of the invasive methods employed by Obstetricians and other practitioners.

Detailed explanation-5: -International Day of the Midwife was first celebrated May 5, 1991, and has since been observed in over 50 nations around the world. The idea of having a day to recognize and honor midwives came out of the 1987 International Confederation of Midwives conference in the Netherlands.