Visa rejections bar African and Asian midwives from global summit on maternal mortality
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Guardian staff reporter
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Visa rejections prevented midwives from African and Asian countries — where maternal and infant mortality rates are highest — from attending the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) congress in Lisbon, Portugal. Global midwife leaders say this threatens progress on reducing avoidable mother and baby deaths, as urgent appeals for delegates from Nigeria, Ghana, and other high-need countries were denied entry to the key summit where politicians, donors, and UN agencies convened to discuss the crisis.
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· 3 pulledVisa rejections have threatened progress on mother and baby health after experts from struggling countries were barred from talks, global midwife leaders have said.
Last-minute visa refusals meant eminent midwives from Africa and Asia – where the majority of lives are lost – were excluded.
Urgent appeals were lodged for delegates from countries including Nigeria, Ghana...
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