
Midwife Cui Weixin (L) gives childbirth guidance at the Hubei maternity and child healthcare hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 23, 2020. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses and midwives have been playing a vital role in providing health services to patients in need. The World Health Assembly has designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. (UN Population Fund & China Maternal and Child Health Association/Handout via Xinhua)


