Midwives provide the majority of immediate care to newborns born in facilities, often despite a lack of specific support or training for newborn care. Too often midwives work hard, against the odds and receive little recognition. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) together with Save the Children would like to identify and reward two midwives who have been champions for newborn survival in countries that experience the highest number of newborn deaths*.

The Save the Children Every One Midwife Awards will be given on behalf of Every One, Save the Children’s global campaign to save children’s lives, and Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives program (SNL), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We recognize that there needs to be a health worker within reach of every vulnerable child, who is trained, equipped, and supported to deal successfully with the principal threats to that child’s survival through the first five years of life.

HNN Partners, help us spread the word!

The deadline for submissions is April 4th, 2011 - Help us by sharing the call for nominations with your partners around the world. Post this announcement on your websites, and share it through your social media. 

This year, the awards will be given at the ICM Triennial Congress in Durban, South Africa, June 19-23, 2011. 

Working together, we can demonstrate the difference that midwives can make for newborn survival.

*Eligible countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania.