Regional Midwifery Summit

To advance the profession of midwifery globally by promoting autonomous midwives as the most appropriate caregivers for childbearing women Regional Midwifery Summit was organized at Karachi from 09-10^th October 2019.this Summit was organized by Midwifery Association of Pakistan along with WHO and UNFPA. From Ziauddin University College of nursing three faculties were the members of Task force and scientific committee.

On 10^th of October 2019, the day started talking about the situation of midwife across the globe where the representatives from different countries like Bangladesh, Bahrain, Nepal, Indonesia Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan etc shared their views and experiences. Later on the program was continued with the sessions on different topic. ZUCON faculty (Ms. Saima, Ms. Ashraf and Dr Farah) were the Facilitators for the session on, “Research & Scholarly work for Midwives.” Whereas Ms. Alia Nasir (Principal & Associate Professor) was the chair of the session on Role of Midwife in ECD, and plenary discussion on Community based solutions on Family planning, Reproductive Health in Midwifery, and Midwifery Regulations.