Rwanda meets only 59 per cent of its population's need for medical care surrounding pregnancy and birth, but this percentage is steadily increasing, according to a report released recently by the United Nations Population Fund.
The report, called 'State of the World's Midwifery 2014', looked at the proportion of midwives to the population in 73 low and middle-income countries.
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