Int'l Day of Midwife Observed in DPRK

Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- An event took place at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital on May 6 to mark the International Day of the Midwife 2024.
Present there were officials of the Ministry of Public Health, officials concerned and medical workers of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital and the city.
An address was made at the event.
Noting that "Midwives: a vital climate solution" was set as the theme for this year by the International Midwives Federation, the speaker stressed that in the DPRK midwives have been encouraged to fully display their responsibility and role in the work for providing pregnant women and nursing mothers and neonates with better environment and conditions and protecting their lives and promoting their health.
The speaker called on all the midwives to add pleasure and happiness to families and society with their utmost sincerity and devoted efforts and to bring greater success in implementing the Party's health policy.
Then followed an experience-sharing meeting of exemplary midwives. -0-