Like many other health care workers on the continent, midwives must use protective gear while attending to their patients. Joof works at the Serrekunda Health Center, 12 kilometers from the Gambian capital city, Banjul. Patricia Mwenyeheri, a midwife in Malawi said there are only two handwashing basins at the Mzandu Health Center where she works. Patricia Mwenyeheri uses one of the two hand basins at the health center where she works. Midwives and other health care workers have to teach new mothers how they can prevent themselves and their babies from contracting the virus.

Source: CNN May 13, 2020 09:33 UTC