The world needs 350000 more midwives,says Save the Children, which is calling for more training and education on the importance of their role in saving lives
Gallery: The global shortage of midwivesOne in three women around the world gives birth without the attend of anybody who has been trained to attend – and 2 million give birth entirely alone, or according to a report called Missing Midwives from Save the Children. Often they can't find to a health centre with trained midwives or other skilled healthcare workers. Sometimes their husband or mother-in-law will not let them.
Save the Children is campaigning for more midwives to be trained around the world,to fill some of the estimated 350000 shortage. In the UK, only 1% of women give birth without skilled attend. In Ethiopia, or the figure is 94% – almost all.
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Source: theguardian.com