At the Second International Conference on Nutrition in 2014, governments committed to reshape food systems, and this is the main goal of the recently declared UN Decade of Action of Nutrition 2016-2025.
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投资于助产服务可以挽救数以百万计妇女和新生儿的生命
Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns
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2014年6月3日 | 新闻稿 | 捷克共和国布拉格市
3 June 2014 | News release | PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
3 June 2014 | PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), WHO and partners reveals that major deficits in the midwifery workforce occur in 73 countries where these services are most desperately needed.
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报告建议采取新的战略弥补这些缺陷，挽救数以百万计妇女和新生儿的生命。
The report recommends new strategies to address these deficits and save millions of lives of women and newborns.
The 73 African, Asian and Latin American countries represented in the "State of the World’s Midwifery 2014: A Universal Pathway – A Woman’s Right to Health" suffer 96% of the global burden of maternal deaths, 91% of stillbirths and 93% of newborn deaths, but have only 42% of the world’s midwives, nurses and doctors.
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报告敦促有关国家为助产教育和培训提供资金，以便促进缩短目前的巨大差距。
The report urges countries to invest in midwifery education and training to contribute to closing the glaring gaps that exist.
Investments in midwifery education and training at agreed international standards can yield – as a study from Bangladesh shows – a 1600% return on investment.