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The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.

09 May 2014

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"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+

05 May 2014

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Statement for the International Day of the Midwife

05 May 2014

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Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths

A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton

23 April 2014

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Midwives in South Sudan Heed Call to Save Mothers

Jennifer Ikokole attends to an expectant mother at UNFPA's maternity tent. Photo credit: UNFPA/Kenneth Odiwuor

16 April 2014

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Midwives are Key to Fewer Maternal Deaths

Midwifery students perform a demonstration using materials donated by UNFPA in Kampala, Uganda. Photo © Photo credit: UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi

08 April 2014

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A New Midwifery School Brings Hope to Haitian Mothers

Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA

06 November 2013

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Voices of Midwives

25 May 2013

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Improving Midwifery Services in Tajikistan

Reproductive health center in Kulyab, Khatlon region. Photo:William Daniels/Panos Picture

22 June 2011

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State of World’s Midwifery: New Report to Document Birth Attendance in 60 Countries

A corps of skilled midwives, like these who were trained through a UNFPA-supported programme in Darfur, are key to improving pregnancy outcomes. Photo: Torr Svenson.

13 January 2011

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