Diene Keita, the Executive Director of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said one million more midwives were needed globally by
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….As members insists on an 11-year unmet demands The 15th of January, 2026 marked the 62nd day of the ongoing
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In 2023 alone, an estimated 160,000 women died from preventable maternal causes in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
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Mr Salako attributed the progress to strategic expansion of diagnostic networks, especially the GeneXpert network, which has increased from 32 machines in 2012 to 527 in 2026, and TB-TrueNAT capacity, which grew from 39 units in 2013 to 372 units.
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