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1m more midwives needed to save 4m lives yearly – UNFPA 

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1m more midwives needed to save 4m lives yearly – UNFPA 
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Ms Diene Keita, the Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said one million more midwives were needed globally by 2035 to save more than four million lives every year.







Keita said this in a statement to mark the International Day of the Midwife, emphasising the critical role of midwives in preventing avoidable maternal and newborn deaths.







“Educating, deploying and retaining one million more midwives would transform health systems and improve millions of lives,

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