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On International Day, UN spotlights role of midwives in achieving development targets

On International Day, UN spotlights role of midwives in achieving development targets

May 06, 2016, at 01:29 pm

New York, May 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Every year, some 300,000 women still die during pregnancy and childbirth and almost three million babies do not survive their first four weeks of life, yet a majority of these deaths could be averted by trained midwives, the United Nations said on Thursday as it marked the International Day of the Midwife with a call for strengthened skills and investments in midwifery.