2026-01-20 – News – www.theguardian.com
Shortage raises rates of maternity intervention, while improving access to care could potentially save 4.3m lives a year, say experrts
A global shortage of nearly a million midwives is leaving pregnant women without the basic care needed to prevent harm, including the deaths of mothers and babies, according to new research.
Almost half the shortage was in Africa, where nine in 10 women lived in a country without enough midwives, the researchers said.
