Midwives call for higher benefits to improve services for mothers

Florence Nakhumicha,75, demonstrates how her only tool of work functions at her home in Bungoma County. She has been working as a midwife since 1974. [Standard]

Availability of higher pay is the top global demand for midwives today, followed by the need for supplies and decent facilities.

This is according to a global survey in which at least 3,500 midwives and nurses from Kenya participated.