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Reaching quake-affected pregnant women in Nepal

Sabina Dauwar, 17, is living in a tent after her home was flattened by the earthquake in Rampur Village, Kavre District. She is three months pregnant. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
  • 05 May 2015
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Midwives could help avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

Abissdoum Charlotte, 26, with her 7-week-old triplets, Morouta, Nasifaté and Nasif. She is receiving post-natal and newborn care at the Cooperative Clinic of Sikecoudji, in Cotonou, Benin. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
  • 04 May 2015
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Student midwives prepare to save lives in rural Bangladesh

Midwifery student Selina Akter plays the role of a mother as students practice post-natal care at the Dinajpur Nursing Institute in northern Bangladesh. © Nicolas Axelrod / Ruom for UNFPA
  • 01 May 2015
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Statement

Statement for the International Day of the Midwife

05 May 2015

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High Level Event on CARMMA

Published on: 14/04/2015

High level event on CARMMA at the AU Summit

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Eliminating FGM one midwife at a time

Edna Adan visits a maternal and child health center during a community outreach activity in Gumburaha. © Arthur Nazaryan/Delphin Films
  • 09 April 2015
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Health Workers Count

Published on: 12/03/2015

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H4+

Published on: 12/03/2015

Around the world, over 280,000 women die every year from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. Six United Nations agencies have come together in a joint effort called H4+, to reduce child and maternal mortality rates and ensure that all mothers and children have access to the best possible care to enable them to live healthy, productive lives. 

The H4+ partnership includes UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank.

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Slashing Haiti’s maternal and infant death rates, one delivery at a time

A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides antenatal care, safe delivery, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, and many other life-saving services for women and their newborns. © Jared Chambers
  • 26 February 2015
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News

Recognizing an unsung hero – the ambulance driver

Chris Kwikiriza, a midwife, checks on an expectant mother at the Biira Health Centre, in the Boroli refugee settlement in Uganda. A UNFPA-supported ambulance is helping to ensure women in labour are able to deliver under the care of skilled birth attendants. © UNFPA/Eveyln Kiapi
  • 16 February 2015
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