rich 1.0 The International Day of the Midwife was celebrated on May 05th by midwives all over the world. The theme for the day was “Midwives: Defenders of Women’s Rights”. Midwives in South Sudan are crucial when it comes to reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, in a country with one of the worlds highest maternal mortality ratios in the world estimated at 789 deaths per 100,000 live births. To get a broader perspective of how midwives in South Sudan race against time to save lives of children and women, Radio Miraya spoke to Dr. Gillian Butts-Garnett, UNFPA Midwifery Programme Specialist and Polly Grace, Chairperson of the nurses and midwives association in Jubek state. Radio Miraya https://audioboom.com/channels/3891441-radio-miraya Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/34789627/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/7252450/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>