Name of Programme: You and Your Health

Date: May 5, 2017
Time: Friday 11:30am, repeated Saturday 4:00PM

 

International Day of the Midwife – how the day is being commemorated in Liberia (May 5, 2017)

 

Names of guests/resource persons:
Wilhelmina Flomo, President
Laurine Nyenpan, Vice President
Sawah Sahffa Program Committee Chairperson of the Liberia Association of Midwives

 

Interviews or recorded pieces-subject matter and/or content.

 

May 5 is the internationally recognized day for highlighting the work of midwives. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) established the idea of the 'International Day of the Midwife' following suggestions and discussion among Midwives Associations in the late 1980s, then launched the initiative formally in 1992.

The President of the Liberia Association of Midwives said they are now creating awareness on the important role midwives play in the society. She said they want to dispel the notion that midwives are mere birth attendance.