Visa Denials Block Midwives From Africa and Asia From Global Health Meeting

Over 100 midwife leaders are demanding Portugal reconsider visa rejections keeping delegates from Africa and Asia out of a major international midwifery conference in Lisbon next June. The exclusion matters because these regions face the worst maternal death rates and need help most. Yet their voices won't shape global midwifery policy. Portugal's visa process offers no clear reasons for rejections and no way to appeal.