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Demand for Afghanistan’s midwives unflagging during COVID-19 pandemic

Sajia Mansoory attends to a newborn at the Malalai National Maternity Hospital.. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Zaeem Abdul Rahman
  • 14 September 2020
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  • Mobile health teams bring critical services to women in remote Afghanistan

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Mobile health teams bring critical services to women in remote Afghanistan

A mobile health team midwife provides health services to a remote community. © ARCS Afghanistan
  • 03 September 2020
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  • After tragedy, refugee family finds safety and community in Türkiye

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After tragedy, refugee family finds safety and community in Türkiye

Outreach workers visit refugee communities to help improve access to social services among the most vulnerable. © UNFPA Türkiye/Utku Tonguç Topal
  • 19 June 2020
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  • A look back at the 2010s: A decade of voices and choices

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A look back at the 2010s: A decade of voices and choices

The world has seen both peril and promise in the last 10 years.
  • 23 December 2019
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  • Mobile health teams bring life-saving care to fragile communities in Afghanistan

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Mobile health teams bring life-saving care to fragile communities in Afghanistan

A midwife performs an antenatal check up during a mobile health team visit in Nangarhar Province. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 27 August 2019
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  • Women belong at the centre of peace efforts, women UN leaders urge in Afghanistan

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Women belong at the centre of peace efforts, women UN leaders urge in Afghanistan

Women UN leaders meet with female leaders and advocates in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women's voices must be heard, they emphasized. © Fardin Waezi / UNAMA
  • 24 July 2019
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  • Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

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Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

Farah* recently received surgical treatment for obstetric fistula. She says she can now "live a normal life." © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 22 May 2019
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  • No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives

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No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives

Najiba works in one of the hardest-to-reach, poorest areas of Bamyan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 03 May 2019
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  • Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 10 July 2018
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