WHO: Investing in midwife-led interventions could save 4.3 million lives per year, new study finds
“About two-thirds of maternal deaths, newborn deaths, and stillbirths could be prevented by 2035 if the current level of care by professional midwives educated and regulated to international standards was scaled up to provide universal access, finds a new study led by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), WHO, and the International Confederation of Midwives published [Thursday] in the Lancet Global Health…” (12/3).