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"XIENG KHOUANG PROVINCE, Lao People’s Democratic Republic – “I can’t wait to
graduate and become a practising midwife. I am passionate about deliveries and
I love babies a lot,” said 20-year-old midwifery student Aspy Kamsing.
In her last year at the College of Health Sciences in the northeastern Xieng
Khouang province, Ms. Kamsing is almost ready to join an expanding cadre of
professional midwives. Once she graduates, her services will be in high demand;
recent research points to the need for nearly 6,000 trained midwives across the
country in the next six years. In 2019, there were just 1,834 in total.
It’s a national trend that reflects a wider global one. Around the world,
midwives are in too-short supply and urgent demand. UNFPA, the United Nations
sexual and reproductive health agency, estimates a global shortage of nearly 1
million midwives, despite these providers’ critical role in ensuring essential
sexual and reproductive health services and their potential to save millions of
lives.
“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,” said UNFPA Executive
Director Dr. Natalia Kanem."
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