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A career that can go from daunting to delighting: The community midwife
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A career that can go from daunting to delighting: The community midwife
Monday 22 March 2021, 03:51 PM

Midwife Fateme Moloodi with daughters Azheen (left) and Aween (centre)
Zahra Shahtahmasebi checks out the lives and livelihoods of the midwives not employed by DHBs or hospitals
How community midwifery works, Community midwives are sole traders contracted directly to the Ministry of Health. They are paid through the Maternity Services Notice under Section 8