title: More midwives needed to improve maternal and newborn survival.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shetty
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D014943:Global Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data