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Midwives Model of Care Supporter

MANA is a professional organization for all midwives, recognizing the diversity of educational backgrounds and practice styles within the profession.

MANA's goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery, thereby improving the quality of health care for women, babies, and communities. MANA also welcomes student and midwifery advocate members as another valuable part of the organization. More > > >

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The Midwives Alliance and the California Association of Midwives present

Midwives Alliance 2009

at the fabulous Asilomar State Beach & Conference Grounds near Monterey, California October 23-25, 2009.

Click here for more information!

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Midwifery Organizations Unite in
Support of New M.A.M.A. Campaign!

Join our Facebook page to discuss this issue with other MANA members!

Click here to read more about this campaign to include midwifery in our new national health care!

This campaign will need not only your discussion and ideas but your donations as well. Please consider making a donation to help offset the many expenses we will have.

If you make a donation by clicking the button at the right, it will be all used for the M.A.M.A. campaign!

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The Midwives Alliance is proud to introduce—

Mothers Naturally, for what you care about most

our new consumer oriented public education web page designed to introduce the idea of midwifery care to women who might not otherwise have even thought about a midwife.

Click here for information on how to be included in the midwife referral list on that web.

Mothers Naturally web page

We are pleased to announce—

the release of an Issue Brief: Certified Professional Midwives in the United States. The Midwives Alliance of North American (MANA) collaborated with the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM), the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC), and the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM) to create this issue brief. These four national organizations-MANA, NARM, MEAC and NACPM-have played essential roles in the conception, formation, promotion and maintenance of the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential. More > > >

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The Midwives Alliance 2008
is history!

Click here for photos from MANA 2008

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The Midwives Alliance endorses the Joint Statement of the Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (UK) on homebirth for low risk women. MANA President, Geradine Simkins, presented the endorsement, which includes our sister organizations, in Glasgow at the ICM Congress. Click here for more information.

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Special Health Insurance Announcement for all  MANA Members:
With the costs of health insurance rising and underwriting becoming more difficult, you asked for more options to protect yourself and your family. More > > >

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MANA News on-line!
The MANA News on pdf are posted on-line in the "Members Only" area. This option is only available to MANA Members. The March 2009 issue is now posted!
More > > >

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MANA Board on YouTube! Click here to see the MANA Board sing "Join the Boardwalk" at MANA 2007!

 

 

Nominations for Spring 2009 Elections for MANA Regions 1 and 5 Representatives are officially open as of March 1. More > > >

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Click here to read the Midwives Alliance response to the American Medical Association Resolution 205 on Home Deliveries.

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Click here to learn the latest on the data collected so far by the  MANA Division of Research.

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The Board of the Midwives Alliance has created a new document called, "Reforming Maternity Care in America." This issue brief is designed for the following target audiences: Obama-Biden Transition Team, U.S. Health and Human Services and Maternal and Child Health Bureau personnel, MCH policy makers, legislators, public health officials, insurers and payers of MCH services, and all who work in the MCH milieu. More > > >

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The Midwives Alliance has a new mailing address! Please update your address book with our new mailing address:

Midwives Alliance of North America
611 Pennsylvania Avenue SE #1700
Washington, DC 20003-4303

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CPM2000 is Published!
The CPM2000 research has now been published in the BMJ, June 18, 2005 issue! Read the MANA Press Release and also the full study. More > > >

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What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know about C-section "What Every Pregnant Woman Needs To Know About Cesarean Section" has been revised and is available to download in a pdf file from Childbirth Connection. Click here for more information.

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MANA Statistics Project

Are you participating in the MANA Statistics Project? Did you know you can enter your data on-line and retrieve your own statistics? Use the MANA Statistics Project web site to enter your birth data and get your personal statistics! More > > >

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MANA "Members Only" Section

MANA now has a "Members Only" section with features only available to members including a guestbook, chat area, and previously published Statistics Project reports. Soon we will be adding sample midwifery practice documents. We are brainstorming on additional special items to add to benefit MANA members. E-mail the MANA webmistress here if you would like to suggest a feature to be added to this new section. 

Join us for a general on-line chat every Thursday evening at 7 pm eastern time in the "Members Only" section!

If you are a MANA member, click here to sign up for this new section. If you are not yet a MANA member and would like to join, click here. 

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