In the Hospital Close-up Shot of Professional Midwives work Assisted by Obstetricians. In Modern Delivery Woman Pushes to Give Birth
The world is currently being plaque by a shortage of midwives. According to a new United Nations report, the shortage is around 900,000.
The rampaging COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the situation with many midwives being redeployed to help plug vital gaps in other health services.
The 2021 State of the World’s Midwifery report by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), World Health Organisation (WHO), and the International Confederation of Midwives, said that fully resourcing midwife-delivered care by 2035 will avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year.