Afghanistan faces an acute shortage of midwives

Afghan nursing and midwifery students at a private hospital in Kabul in 2024 - they suffered a devastating setback when the Taliban imposed a ban on female medical education According to the Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan currently has around 6,000 midwives - almost the same number reported during the final months of the former republic. Two years ago, the UN said Afghanistan needed 18,000 additional midwives on top of those already working. Since the Taliban banned women from attending