More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival

Retention of midwives, especially in rural areas, is a major challenge for many countries, one that threatens to negate all the hard work and resources invested in their training. Priya Shetty reports.

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Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2013-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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description Retention of midwives, especially in rural areas, is a major challenge for many countries, one that threatens to negate all the hard work and resources invested in their training. Priya Shetty reports.
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spelling doaj.art-16b6b3b331a74e739755e0467561cd1e2024-03-02T17:16:38ZengThe World Health OrganizationBulletin of the World Health Organization0042-96862013-11-01911180480510.2471/BLT.13.021113S0042-96862013001100804More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survivalRetention of midwives, especially in rural areas, is a major challenge for many countries, one that threatens to negate all the hard work and resources invested in their training. Priya Shetty reports.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013001100804&lng=en&tlng=en
spellingShingle More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
title More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
title_full More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
title_fullStr More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
title_full_unstemmed More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
title_short More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
title_sort more midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival
url http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013001100804&lng=en&tlng=en