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From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

Midwife Marie Nancy Christiane holds newborn baby Noelia after helping to deliver her in a UNFPA emergency maternity tent in Mananjary, in Madagascar’s southeastern Vatovavy region. © UNFPA/Tsiry Fy-Tia Solofomihanta

08 June 2022

Statement

Global health systems must invest in midwives

05 May 2022

News

Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

Midwives in Morocco, like Amina Al Ammari, played a critical role in responding to the pandemic while also tending to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. © UNFPA Morocco

04 May 2022

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In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

Shakila Parvin, a midwife in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, helped a woman pregnant with twins deliver during heavy flooding that submerged the health facility's maternity ward, knocked out power and destroyed or damaged equipment and supplies. © UNFPA Bangladesh

07 April 2022

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In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths

Ammoun Kitabi cradles a newborn in Zaatari camp. As a Jordanian midwife trained in Syria, she feels a deep connection to the Syrian refugees under her care. © UNFPA Jordan

10 January 2022

News

Diamonds are scarce – sexual and reproductive health information shouldn’t be

Nsenga Malu has had nine children since her marriage at age 15. She was not given any information about family planning until her most recent child was born. © UNFPA DRC

14 December 2021

News

$835 million needed to provide urgent sexual and reproductive health care, supplies in crisis settings

A midwife in Afghanistan provides maternal health services. © UNFPA Afghanistan

13 December 2021

News

Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

06 December 2021

Annual Report

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

Saving lives and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on mothers and newborns

Number of pages: 56

Publication date: 01 Sep 2021

Author: UNFPA

News

Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

UNFPA’s midwifery helpline continues to operate, providing uninterrupted life-saving obstetric support to birth attendants facing pregnancy complications and dangerous deliveries. © UNFPA Afghanistan

28 September 2021

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