While the World Health Organization asserted that there should be one midwife per every 900 women, in Algeria there is one midwife per more than 3,000 women. Thus, every midwife in Algeria is taking care of 10 births daily, according to Mrs. Varuj, the chairman of the Algerian Association for Midwifes, reported the July 3 edition of <i>Al-Khabar</i> newspaper. The insufficient number of midwifes is one of the reasons for ...