The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced the training of nearly ten thousand midwives and health workers in maternal and infant health, as Afghanistan has the highest maternal mortality rates in Asia.

UNICEF, on Monday, February 5th, stated in a message on its social media platform X that most mothers in Afghanistan face deficiencies in iron and folic acid. It also mentioned providing health and nutrition services to over 7.3 million people in 2023.

Semeen Alami, one of the midwives at a health center, says that with the increasing number of visitors, they are facing a shortage of female staff in the health sector.