MORE MIDWIVES - The whole story
Each year, there are 4.3 million cases of preventable maternal mortality worldwide.
To ensure the health of women worldwide, it is crucial to invest more money in midwifery by 2035. Approximately 800 women die daily from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
According to the WHO¹, if midwives are trained to international standards and midwifery includes counseling, more than 80% of all maternal deaths, stillbirths, newborn deaths, and severe illnesses could be avoided.
According to the WHO, midwives can provide about 90% of this care and counseling, yet they account for less than 10% of the global workforce. The gap between low-income countries and high and middle-income countries is projected to widen by 2030, exacerbating inequality. The world currently needs an additional 900,000 midwives!
Perhaps this is not understandable in these dimensions in this country. Anyone who has had the experience of midwifery care knows that it is essential. Parents, family, the child (from stories), and we midwives remember these special, beautiful, perhaps also challenging moments of a birth and pregnancy for a lifetime. However, our work is not limited to enabling these moments.
A society thrives on its healthy mothers and children. That's why the message "MORE MIDWIVES" is so important to me. To make this possible, it requires recognition from the state and society. Essentially for exactly what we do: "competent, knowledgeable, and compassionate care for pregnant women, newborns, and families."
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