Outcry as experts from African and Asian countries – where mortality is highest – prevented from attending Portugal conference on prevention Visa rejections have threatened progress on mother and baby health after experts from struggling countries were barred from talks, global midwife leaders ha...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/19/midwives-africa-asia-mother-baby-childbirth-deaths-crisis-denied-visas-summit-portugal)