title: Nurse-midwifery in the caribbean.
abstract: Nurse-midwives provide the bulk of maternal and child health care in the Caribbean Area. Their contribution over the years has been a major one, and as national health programs have become more comprehensive, so too have nurse-midwives' roles and functions.
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D009721:Nurse Midwives; D012380:Role; D014900:West Indies