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Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation

26 September 2014

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Bearing witness to a revolution in women’s health and rights

Munira Sha'ban, Jordan's celebrated midwife (centre), with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNFPA Director Dianne Stewart. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi

01 October 2014

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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya

29 August 2014

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On World Humanitarian Day, celebrating UNFPA’s humanitarian heroes

Catherine Njeri Makumi, a volunteer midwife in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNFPA South Sudan/Jaime Jacques

19 August 2014

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In South Sudan camp, midwifery training offers a crucial a lifeline

Marsa Nyaluak and midwife trainee Ana Chuoch David in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. Ms. David was able to save both Ms. Nyaluak and her daughter, Happy, when complications arose during childbirth. Photo credit: UNFPA/Jaime Jacques

07 July 2014

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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar

19 June 2014

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Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns

03 June 2014

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Midwives could cut maternal, newborn deaths by two thirds, says new State of the World’s Midwifery

When properly trained and supported, midwives could provide nearly 90 per cent of sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health services needed by women and newborns. Photo credit: Jhpiego/Kate Holt

03 June 2014

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Somali midwifery school helps tackle harsh conditions for women

Midwifery students graduate from the new Mogadishu Midwifery School in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: UNFPA Somalia

30 May 2014

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Myanmar’s “red angel” midwives prepare to bring care to displaced women in Rakhine

A "red angel" midwife cares for a mother and her newborn in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo credit: UNFPA/Benny Manser

28 May 2014