International Day of the Midwife: 5 May

Sumit Arora Last updated on May 5th, 2020 09:46 am Leave a comment

International Day of the Midwife is observed globally on 5 May every year since 1992. This day is celebrated to recognise the work of midwives and raise awareness about the status of midwives for the essential care they provide to mothers and their newborns.

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The theme for 2020 International Day of the Midwife is Midwives with women: celebrate, demonstrate, mobilise, unite – our time is NOW!.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designed the year 2020 as ‘Year of Nurse and Midwife’ to commemorate the 200th birth anniversary of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale.

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Director-General of the World Health Organization: Tedros Adhanom.
Headquarters of WHO: Geneva, Switzerland.

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