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Women in Manitoba will have better access to Aboriginal midwives through a new, innovative $1.6-million training program, Health Minister Tim Sale and Advanced Education and Training Minister Diane McGifford has announced. "The availability of accredited midwives in Aboriginal communities will help ensure the mother and her baby have access to culturally and medically appropriate maternal and newborn care in their home communities," said Sale. The Aboriginal Midwifery Education Program (AMEP) will provide midwifery students with a blend of traditional Aboriginal and Western methods of practice, and will include both classroom and clinical components. When their education is complete, the midwives will provide culturally appropriate birthing services primarily to remote and northern Aboriginal communities in Manitoba and in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. This degree-based education program will be delivered by the University College of the North. Ten students will be enrolled in the first year of the program with five students enrolled in each subsequent year.12/17/2004
