Midwife Cheng Yanling (L) and a colleague take care of a newborn at the Baoshan District hospital of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine in Shanghai Municipality, east China, March 13, 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)
