New report sounds the alarm on global shortage of 900,000 midwives
Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year.
Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year.
One year since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, the UN’s reproductive health agency said that an estimated 12 million women have experienced disruptions to their family planning services.