In honor of International Day of the Midwife, International Medical Corps is recognizing one of our inspirational midwives, Grace. Grace spoke at International Medical Corps’ 2014 Annual Awards Gala after receiving the Founder's Award for her unwavering commitment to building a cadre of skilled First Responders to serve their own communities in rural South Sudan. Grace has worked tirelessly to train midwives in a country with one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates.

International Medical Corps supported Grace’s advanced midwifery and leadership training, paving the way for her to educate future health workers in South Sudan. In a country where up to 90% of women give birth far from formal medical facilities and without the help of professionally trained assistants, midwives can be the difference between life and death for new mothers and newborns. With just 307 registered midwives available for a population of 2.4 million women of reproductive age in South Sudan, schools like the NHTI are making a remarkable impact for maternal and newborn health. Today, Grace helps oversee the NHTI’s strategic plan providing quality learning opportunities for nurse midwives, and is being mentored to take on the role of school principal in the coming year. Thanks to her leadership and hard work, 48 midwives and 20 nurses to date have graduated from NHTI and are able to provide care for countless expectant mothers and their newborns. Grace and her fellow International Medical Corps health workers are directly helping South Sudan reduce child mortality and improve maternal health.

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