Afghan Midwives Association
Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world estimated to be about 1600 per 100,000 live births. The lifetime risk of maternal death is in a range between 1 in 6 and 1 in 9. This translates into an estimated 26,000 women dying from pregnancy related causes per year or in stated another way, 1 woman dying every 27 minutes. Between 48% and 55% of deaths among reproductive age women (15-49 years) are from pregnancy related causes.
After the fall of the Taliban in 2002, there was only one midwifery training program in Afghanistan and 467 practicing midwives. The Ministry of Public Health launched a community midwifery education program and by May of 2011, almost 3,000 midwives have been trained in 34...More
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ICM President celebrates the International Day of the Midwife in Afghanistan
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