Twenty-seven mid wives who work at Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital celebrated International Mid Wives Day which falls on 5 May.
Almost every year, midwives encounter some young mothers who abandon their new born baby at the hospital.
This is always a concern for them.
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Pacific, around 27 per cent of women in Samoa have an unmet need for family planning—that is, she wants to delay pregnancy or does not want to get pregnant but is not using any contraception.
