Book for Midwives, A

"Midwives are essential caregivers in the worldwide struggle for maternal and child health. Appropriate information and training empower midwives and other health workers to provide the care needed to reduce dangers in childbirth."

To help in this effort, The Hesperian Foundation has released a new edition of "A Book for Midwives". It has been revised to better support care during labour and management of obstetric emergencies, and expanded to include lifesaving reproductive health information.

The book includes updated information on HIV/AIDS in pregnancy and birth, breastfeeding, preventing infection, and family planning, and new chapters on pelvic exams, IUD (intrauterine device) insertion and removal, helping a woman when a pregnancy ends early, and manual vacuum aspiration. Illustrated and developed with the participation of dozens of community-based midwives, midwifery trainers, and medical specialists, "A Book for Midwives" is written to be equally useful in a rural village or urban clinic, as a training manual for students or as a reference for an experienced midwife.

The 'Table of Contents' and six chapters are available as a PDF download.

Click here to read about a related book published by The Hesperian Foundation, "Where There Is No Doctor".