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UN says global midwife shortage putting lives at risk
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05/05/2021 - 20:14 Lebanese midwife Heba Khoudary examines a woman at a mobile clinic supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Beirut in September 2020 the UN says hundreds of thousands more midwifes are needed globally ANWAR AMRO AFP/File 2 min
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The United Nations warned Wednesday that the world faces an acute shortage of midwives, saying millions of lives could be saved if the shortfall were addressed.
The shortage of 900,000 midwives represents a third of the required global midwifery workforce, says a study carried out jointly by the UN Population Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Confederation of Midwives.