In the face of climate change, midwives are uniquely qualified to help pregnant women and new moms, Live Science reports.
"Even the best climate models couldn't predict how quickly things would start happening," Geeta Lalkani, senior lead of the International Confederation of Midwives, says.
"What we thought would happen in certain communities are experiencing it now."
Lalkani, who lives in Canada, was speaking at an event in Maui, Hawaii, where midwives from around the world were discussing the role they can play in helping pregnant women and new moms deal with the effects of climate change.
According to a press release, climate change-related disasters are already having an impact on pregnant women and new moms around the world.
For example, more than half of all premature births in the US in 2016 were due to natural disasters, Live Science reports.
In India, for example, more than half of all births in 2016 were due to floods.
And in Nepal, more than half of all births in 2016 were due to earthquakes.
"There's a whole spectrum of needs, and as midwives, we could meet a lot of those needs," Lalkani says.
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