News

Pregnant women struggle to find support, stability after displacement from Tigray Region in Ethiopia

UNFPA is helping to urgently recruit midwives and provide emergency supplies to support safe childbirth for displaced pregnant women. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Salwa Moussa
  • 10 February 2021
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As global cases of COVID-19 hit grim milestones and exacerbate other crises, UNFPA strengthens resolve to save lives

Midwife Prasansa Budha Lama examines a new mother and baby on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. During lockdown, UNFPA-supported midwives provided telecounselling and helpline services, communicating with pregnant and postpartum women via social networks and messaging apps. © UNFPA Nepal
  • 03 February 2021
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News

Amid pandemic and unrest, midwives undeterred in saving lives in Conakry

A midwife at the Communal Medical Centre in Matam wraps newborns in warm blankets. © UNFPA Guinea
  • 11 February 2021
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News

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

In pandemic times, midwives around the world like Selina Akter in Bangladesh helped deliver a safer world. Image courtesy of Selina Akter
  • 28 December 2020
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News

After years of conflict, Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, a UNFPA 2021 appeal shows

Midwives from a UNFPA mobile team visit a temporary shelter at an internally displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 07 December 2020
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Resources

Infographic on Impact of Midwives Study

Resource date: Dec 2020

Author: Andrea Nove, Ingrid K Friberg, Luc de Bernis, Fran McConville, Allisyn C Moran, Maria Najjemba, Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Sally Tracy, Caroline SE Homer

This infographic highlights key findings from a new study led by UNFPA, WHO and the International Confederation of Midwives, published in the Lancet Global Health on 1 December 2020. The study discusses the potential impact of increasing coverage rates of midwife delivered interventions in preventing and saving millions of maternal and newborn lives, unsafe abortions and still births.

News

Ethiopian refugees in Sudan in dire need of protection, reproductive health care

A woman receives health services at a transit point in Hamdayet. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
  • 21 November 2020
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News

Mobile clinics treat reproductive cancers in along Ukraine’s contact line

Dr. Kyslytsia and Dr. Ieriomin stand in front of the mobile clinic they use to travel to remote and conflict-affected communities. © UNFPA Ukraine
  • 30 October 2020
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News

The future we want for women and girls

A young woman advocates to end female genital mutilation and other harmful practices in Somalia. © UNFPA Somalia
  • 23 October 2020
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News

Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate

A midwife takes a woman's blood pressure at a family health house in rural Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 21 October 2020
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