School of Midwifery
Professional Midwifery School with Official Professional Licensing
The School of Professional Midwives was established in 1997 and is the first officially recognized midwifery school in Mexico under agreement 11PET0143N of the Guanajuato Department of Education.
Overall objective
To train professional midwives with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to provide sexual and reproductive health care that respects, values, and applies evidence-based medicine to provide relevant care.
Encourage problem-solving skills, health promotion, and networking to ensure the proper detection of special cases.
Midwifery School: What We Have Achieved
Currently, 24 CASA professional midwives are working in various public hospitals in states such as Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Guerrero, Colima, Puebla, and Veracruz.
In 1997, the Guanajuato Undersecretariat of Education granted official recognition of the validity of Professional Midwifery Technical Education studies.
In 2011, the Technical Midwife profession was added to the official occupational profiles in the sector's job catalog. CODE: M02117
In 2017, our 17th class of professional midwives graduated. To date, 120 women have successfully completed their professional midwifery studies.
120 midwives graduated
120 professional midwives have graduated across 17 classes. CASA recruits women from rural communities so that, after graduating, they can return home to care for women of reproductive age, their babies, and their families.
Since 1981 in San Miguel de Allende
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