Midwives @ the Edges is a global network of frontline midwifery workers, organizations, and like-minded individuals who collaborate to support, teach, and encourage each other, build the evidence base and share best practices, and recruit and train up others in the art and science of midwifery.

Midwives @ the Edges networks, catalyzes, and equips midwives who are working at the “edges” – in places where maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity are the highest. We are particularly interested in leveraging faith-based organizations to catalyze change and help moms and babies in least-developed places gain access to skilled midwifery care.
EVERY 2 MINUTES A WOMAN DIES AS A RESULT OF PREGNANCY / CHILDBIRTH

The Problem:
1 in 1000 births are attended by skilled midwives
1 in 500 women die as a result of pregnancy/childbirth (287,000 in 2020)
Almost 95% of all maternal deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income countries – at the edges.

The Solution:
Most of these deaths can be prevented with midwifery care. Universal access to midwife delivered care would save around 4.3 million lives per year, preventing more than 80% of all maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths. Midwives can meet about 90% of the need for essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health interventions. But…

There is a global shortage of 900,000 midwives. The shortage is most severe in low-income countries and Africa.

End Game:
In less than 30 years, Midwives @ the Edges will significantly contribute to lessening the shortage of midwives — with a workforce that is well trained, compassionate, and spiritually and emotionally healthy.

Global health systems will be revolutionized.
Women and babies will thrive and experience shalom.

Midwives @ the Edges is a 501(c)(3). Our EIN is ​99-1961090.

​Mailing address: PO Box 4573, Santa Fe, NM  87502.

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