{"id":29703,"date":"2026-05-05T05:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=29703"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:53:12","slug":"unfpa-investing-in-more-midwives-helps-to-save-mothers-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2026\/05\/unfpa-investing-in-more-midwives-helps-to-save-mothers-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"UNFPA: Investing in more midwives helps to save mothers\u2019 lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The United Nations Population Fund in Afghanistan (UNFPA), on the occasion of the International Day of the Midwife, has announced that in order to save the lives of mothers and newborns, one million more midwives need to be trained.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"399\">The organization wrote on its X account today (Tuesday, May 5) that the most effective way to save mothers\u2019 and newborns\u2019 lives is to invest in the education and training of midwives.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"551\">According to the organization, midwives play a vital role in expanding women\u2019s access to antenatal care, safe childbirth, and postnatal support.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"697\">Previously, <span class=\"whitespace-normal\">UNFPA<\/span> had stated that Afghanistan needs around 18,000 midwives to meet women\u2019s healthcare needs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"927\">International organizations have repeatedly raised concerns about Afghanistan\u2019s high maternal and newborn mortality rates, which remain among the highest in the world.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">International Day of the Midwife<\/span> is observed every year on May 5 to highlight the vital role of midwives in healthcare systems worldwide. The day emphasizes the importance of midwifery services in reducing maternal and newborn mortality, providing prenatal care, ensuring safe childbirth, and offering postnatal support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Population Fund in Afghanistan (UNFPA), on the occasion of the International Day of the Midwife, has announced that in order to save the lives of mothers and newborns, one million more midwives need to be trained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,218,24,6],"tags":[12,584,800,1180],"class_list":["post-29703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-health","category-women","category-afghanistan","tag-afghanistan","tag-midwives","tag-unfpa","tag-mothers"],"views":39,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29703"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29711,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29703\/revisions\/29711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}