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The world is facing a shortage of 900,000 midwives, and Covid-19 is making it worse May 07, 2021, 10:16 AM
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A midwife cares for a baby that was delivered in her home in Harare, several hours earlier on January 15, 2021.
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The Covid-19 crisis has made the problem worse as midwives leave the profession due to overwork and lack of resources, per the report.
The world is facing a shortage of roughly 900,000 midwives, according to a new report, even as interest in home births has been on the rise during the pandemic.
There are about 1.9 million midwives globally, about two-thirds of what is needed, according to the report, which was published this month by the United Nations Population Fund, the World Health Organisation, the International Confederation of Midwives, and partners.
By: Michelle Konstantinovsky | Updated: May 6, 2021
In September 2020, lifestyle blogger Devida Lederle chronicled a devastating event she says she never saw coming in a million years. Lederle, creator of multi-channel health and wellness platform The Healthy Maven, wrote candidly about the weeks-long saga that ensued once she discovered her first pregnancy was ectopic. Despite their seriousness and the general lack of conversation about them, ectopic pregnancies are fairly common. But what are they? Nick Youngson/Blue Diamond Gallery (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In September 2020, lifestyle blogger Devida Lederle chronicled a devastating event she says she never saw coming in a million years. Lederle, creator of multi-channel health and wellness platform The Healthy Maven, wrote candidly about the weeks-long saga that ensued once she discovered her first pregnancy was ectopic.