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Thousands of midwives jobless in Afghanistan

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Midwives Association on Tuesday said only 6,000 midwives out of the total 34,000 were on job and the remaining were unemployed.

The association head, Zahra Merzaee, marking the International Day of Midwives (IDM), told reporters here that if midwives were provided quality training and job, the country’s health system would witness drastic improvement.

She said 6,000 out of 34,000 midwives were employed in the country’s health system while the remaining 28,000 were unemployed or serving in other disciplines.

“It is very easy to invest on midwives and the entire nation . . .

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