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Try a new direction as a birth professional today!

Here at Aviva Institute, we are passionate about birth, optimal health, and natural healing. Aviva means Life.

Learn from home, learn with others...

Aviva College combines the best of new learning technology with the best of interactive group learning, offering degrees, certificates and continuing education programs online with no required on-site visits. Hands-on clinical training is available in your community or in a growing network of towns and cities in the U.S. and beyond.

Midwifery Programs

Congratulations, you have found your way to the birthplace of a new pathway into midwifery practice, one that provides the same instructor-led, course-scheduled, classmate-interactive learning experience that a brick and mortar school offers, but conducts all its courses 100% online. We do not leave you to your own devices in any way, and you are not geographically bound to a campus location.

Doula, Lactation, and Perinatal Fitness Certifications

Aviva Institute offers two, three-week comprehensive and interactive Doula Certification programs. 100% Online. Get Certified for approximately $325, plus the cost of books and local marketing, for a new career as a Birth Doula or Postpartum Doula. Aviva College also offer certification programs in Lactation, Perinatal Fitness, and Childbirth Education.

Continuing Education

Earn MEAC approved CEU's with our Birth Emergency Skills Training (BEST™)! BEST is a continuing education course that prepares out-of-hospital midwives to manage obstetrical emergencies with greater confidence and proficiency.