Imtiaz Kamal
Imtiaz Kamal is a Pakistani mother, nurse, public health scientist, author, and midwife.[1] She is credited with reducing Pakistan's maternal mortality rate over a 20-year time period.[2] She was Pakistan's first qualified midwife,[3] and a founder of Family Planning Association of Pakistan. She has worked in 51 countries with the World Health Organization and many other agencies.[4][1] She has served as Secretary General of Pakistan's National Committee for Maternal Health and is a Founding Member of Midwifery Association of Pakistan.. Kamal has served as vice president of the Maternity and Child Welfare Association of Pakistan (MCWAP) and president of MCWAP’s Sindh Chapter, as well as President of the Midwifery Association of Pakistan.[5] Her passion is making midwifery a recognized profession in Pakistan. For over 50 years,[6] she has been instrumental in the movement of the country to a lower maternal mortality rate. Kamal was one of the individuals charged by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to reduce high levels of maternal mortality within the country. The absence of trained midwives in the country leads to maternal morbidity,[7] and Mrs. Kamal works to address this by increasing training. In some circles, Kamal is known as Pakistan's grandmother of midwifery.[8] She is active in promoting active management of the third stage of labor (AMTSL) practices worldwide.[9]
She was sent by Begum Liaquat Ali Khan, wife of the first prime minister in India, to study in England in 1948. [10] Kamal has a B.Sc and Master’s Degrees from Columbia University in New York, USA. [11] She also taught in Boston University’s School of Public Health for 7 years. In 1955, she returned to Pakistan to practice midwifery.[12] She taught midwifery in a WHO-supported school of public health, as there were no trained teachers in her home country. She has trained countless midwives, from many countries. She is a renowned speaker for neonatal and maternal health.[13] Kamal has worked to enable others to effectively advocate for safe motherhood, including influencing policy dialogue within Pakistan. As a result of her team and advocacy, Directors of Health in provinces took action to enable midwife education.[14] She has garnered support for recognizing midwives as respected professionals throughout her country, and asked for support for Midwifery Conference as well as dedicated recognition. [15] She has been honored on lists such as "Women Deliver 100", for improving girls' and women's lives worldwide.[16]
She has published on motherhood mortality in many forms.[17][18][19] She is an advocate for the training of traditional birth attendants.[20]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WHO Lives Newsletter 2007 volume 1 "Fifty Years in Safe Motherhood"
- ↑ Mustafa, Zubeida (2019-08-16). "Saving mothers". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2019-08-04). "Pakistan's first qualified midwife's services eulogised". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ Waqas, Muhammad (2021-08-23). "A brief history of Nursing in Pakistan". Nursing Scholar. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ↑ "Midwives' role in reducing maternal, infant mortality rates underlined". Brecorder. 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
- ↑ "Pakistan midwives bring 'traditional loving care with modern knowledge and skills': Imtiaz Taj Kamal, President of the Midwifery Association of Pakistan, introduces the new association as it is welcomed to membership with ICM this year. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ "PHC attends to midwifery". Daily Times. 2018-05-26. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ Editorial. "Pakistan • Midwifery Today". Midwifery Today. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Initiative. Tackling the Biggest Maternal Killer: How the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage Initiative Strengthened Efforts Around the World. Washington, DC: PATH; 2009
- ↑ Mustafa, Zubeida (2019-08-16). "Saving mothers". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Editorial. "Pakistan • Midwifery Today". Midwifery Today. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Kamal, Imtiaz Taj (1992). "The traditional birth attendant". World Health 1992 ; Sep-Oct : 6-7. hdl:10665/46347.
- ↑ "Maternal and neonatal health: The need for family planning". The Express Tribune. 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ US AID "Promoting Safe Motherhood through Midwife Training and Advocacy"
- ↑ "First Lady For Due Recognition Of Midwifery In Pakistan". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Deliver, Women. "Women Deliver List Recognizes Top 100 Individuals Who Deliver Results for Girls and Women". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Mary, Meighan; Jafarey, Sadiqua; Dabash, Rasha; Kamal, Imtiaz; Rabbani, Arjumand; Abbas, Dina; Durocher, Jill; Tan, Yi-Ling; Winikoff, Beverly (2021-01-01). "The Safety and Feasibility of a Family First Aid Approach for the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Home Births: A Pre-post Intervention Study in Rural Pakistan". Maternal and Child Health Journal. 25 (1): 118–126. doi:10.1007/s10995-020-03047-6. ISSN 1573-6628. PMC 7822773 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 33242210 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Jafarey, Sadiqua; Kamal, Imtiaz; Qureshi, Asma Fozia; Fikree, Fariyal (August 2008). "Safe motherhood in Pakistan". International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics: The Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 102 (2): 179–185. doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.03.018. ISSN 0020-7292. PMID 18534597. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Kamal, I. T. (December 1998). "The traditional birth attendant: a reality and a challenge". International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics: The Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 63 Suppl 1: S43–52. doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(98)00183-0. ISSN 0020-7292. PMID 10075211. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Cabral, Meena; Kamal, Imtiaz Taj; Kumar, Vijay; Mehra, Leila; Unit, World Health Organization Programme of Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning (1992). "Training of traditional birth attendants (TBAS". hdl:10665/61093.
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