![]() ![]() Midwives provide essential information on sexual and reproductive health, including family planning, and help people navigate often-sensitive issues in a variety of contexts, including in humanitarian settings. Nothing could be further from the truth.Īround the globe, in countries that invest in a capable midwifery workforce, more mothers and babies survive and thrive. This, along with a global shortage of 900,000 midwives, reflects an assumption that they are not essential healthcare workers. ![]() Instead, many health systems continue to marginalize this mostly female workforce, and treat midwives poorly in terms of pay, working conditions and opportunities to cultivate skills. If every pregnant woman had access to a well-trained, caring midwife, we would be much closer to a world where every childbirth is safe. ![]() In a world that sees a woman die every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth, we also take this moment to champion universal access to skilled midwives as one of the most important ways to avert preventable maternal and newborn deaths. Every year on this day, we celebrate midwives for their unwavering commitment to saving lives and ensuring the health and wellbeing of women and newborn babies. ![]()
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