Archive: Wed May 2011

Celebrating International Day of the Midwife

May 5th is the International Day of the Midwife, a “day is to celebrate midwifery and to bring awareness of the importance of midwives’ work to as many people as possible.” Since the late 1980s the celebration has been taking place, and in recent…

Obstetric Fistula: How Far We've Come and Where We Need to Go

By: Isaiah Ndong, MD, MPH, Vice President for Programs, EngenderHealth The following was originally posted on the Global Health Magazine blog. It is reposted here with permission Throughout the 80s and much of the 90s, I practiced medicine in…