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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

NIMROZ, Afghanistan – “Wake up! We have a delivery!” Suhila Rasuli whispered urgently the phone so…

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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

NIMROZ, Afghanistan – “Wake up! We have a delivery!” Suhila Rasuli whispered urgently the phone so…

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“Giving up is not an option”: Hope for Afghans forced out of school

KABUL, Afghanistan – One year after the Taliban takeover, 17-year-old Mursal Fasihi is still in…

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“Giving up is not an option”: Hope for Afghans forced out of school

KABUL, Afghanistan – One year after the Taliban takeover, 17-year-old Mursal Fasihi is still in…

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Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

PAKTIKA, Afghanistan – “There was a woman who was heavily pregnant. She was injured and had lost…

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Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

PAKTIKA, Afghanistan – “There was a woman who was heavily pregnant. She was injured and had lost…

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Family health houses save lives, employ women, in rural Afghanistan

FARYAB, Afghanistan – Five years ago, midwife Laila Amini watched a girl die in childbirth from…

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Family health houses save lives, employ women, in rural Afghanistan

FARYAB, Afghanistan – Five years ago, midwife Laila Amini watched a girl die in childbirth from…

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Midwives ensure life-saving reproductive health care for women returning to Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – At the Zero Point clinic in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, on the border…

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Midwives ensure life-saving reproductive health care for women returning to Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – At the Zero Point clinic in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, on the border…

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