ArticleMidwifery2022
The importance of community midwives in Pakistan: Looking at existing evidence and their need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article in Midwifery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Sexual and reproductive health in Pakistan: a qualitative exploratory study of gender roles, family planning and adolescent health in Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan and Sindh.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Universal health coverage in Pakistan: exploring the landscape of the health system, health seeking behaviours, and utilization of health services.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2024Review
- Pregnant Women's Experiences with Midwifery-Led Antenatal Care Services in Peri-Urban Communities in Karachi, Pakistan.Patient related outcome measures · 2023Article
- Professional competition amidst intractable maternal mortality: Midwifery in rural Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Concerns over the soaring number of COVID-19 cases has taken precedence within the healthcare community and overshadows the jarringly high rates of maternal mortality in developing countries. Pakistan is suffering from high maternal mortality, surges of COVID-19 cases, lack of integrated healthcare system, and rural poverty. Amidst fear and uncertainty, Community Midwives are stepping up as maternal healthcare leaders who are reaching out to neglected pregnant women in rural communities of Pakistan. They are responsible for rebuilding trust, delivering comprehensive and respectful maternal care and providing family planning counseling. To accomplish Sustainable Development Goal #3.1, Pakistan must support community midwives and diminish the barriers they face.
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