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In July 1994, the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations announced that it had acquired a 30-year lease of the building from the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The council planned to spend $800,000 refurbishing the "run-down" building, which was to house around 20 affiliate associations in addition to the council itself.
Singapore Committee of the World Organisation for Early Children Education; Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises; Singapore Council of Women's Organisations; Singapore Dental Health Foundation; Singapore Disability Sports Council; Singapore General Hospital, Medical Social Service; Singapore Gujarati Society; Singapore Heart ...
The SCWO had its roots in the late 1970s, when activists began to feel a need for an umbrella organisation for women's groups in Singapore. [6] Caroline Lam was one of the first women to suggest creating such an organisation in 1978 and in November of that year, a meeting took place to consider different names. [ 7 ]
Logo. The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) supports, represents and works to strengthen professional associations of midwives on a global basis. At present, ICM has over 139 members, representing midwifery associations in around 118 countries across the 6 regions of the world.
KK Women's and Children's Hospital (abbreviation: KKH) is the largest public hospital specialising in healthcare for women and children in Singapore, located at 100 Bukit Timah Road. [ 2 ] From its humble beginnings as a small general hospital in 1858 to a 30-bed maternity hospital in 1924, [ 2 ] KKH has grown into an 830-bed hospital providing ...
Midwifery-led continuity of care is where one or more midwives have the primary responsibility for the continuity of care for childbearing women, with a multidisciplinary network of consultation and referral with other health care providers. This is different from "medical-led care" where an obstetrician or family physician is primarily ...
In 1952, the St John Council was created to manage both SJAB and SJAA in Singapore and in 1970, the council was registered as the National St John Council of Singapore. In 1980, the SJAA and SJAB came together to be known as St John Ambulance Singapore (SJAS). In January 2014, the Order of St John conferred SJAS the status of Priory. [2]
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is a British midwives organisation founded in 1881 by Louisa Hubbard and Zepherina Veitch. It has existed under its present name since 1947, and is the United Kingdom's only trade union or professional organisation for midwives and those that support them. Gill Walton is the current Chief Executive. [1]