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Debrah Lewis

Vice President, International Confederation of Midwives

Since graduating with a Masters Degree majoring in Maternal-Child Health from Columbia University in the USA 27 years ago, Debrah has worked in public and private practice midwifery in New York, Africa and Trinidad & Tobago.

She is the founder and current Executive Director of Mamatoto Resource & Birth Centre in Trinidad, where she remains in active midwifery practice. She works with the Ministry of Health and the Nursing Council, and serves as an independent consultant on midwifery matters. Debrah continues to precept students from the USA, Canada and Europe and has presented extensively both regionally and internationally.

She was the ICM Americas Board Member from 2005-2011, Founder and current Executive Member of the Trinidad & Tobago Association of Midwives, and spearheaded the formation of the Caribbean Regional Midwives Association in 2012.

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