Midwives frequently serve on the front lines during crises.

The time has come now to question these malpractices and demand the much-needed reforms in our healthcare system.

Dozens of midwives have been deployed to camps in Bangladesh to deliver babies and help young mothers among the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled across the border from Myanmar and are now living in squalid settlements.

Midwives have helped women deliver babies since the beginning of history. We can find references to midwives in Arabic, Greek, Hindu and Islamic texts.