Nigeria needs 70,000 more midwives – UNFPA

To close the midwives shortage gap in Nigeria by 2030, about 70,000 more midwives are needed, the United Nations Population Fund said. UNFPA made this known in a press statement by its Executive Director, Dr Natalia Kanem issued in commemoration of the 2023 International Day of the Midwife with the theme ‘Together again: from evidence