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With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

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An expectant mother receives a check up at the Qaramat Family Health House in Afghanistan's central highlands. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Acceptance of family planning grows in Afghanistan, but myths linger

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Nargis, a midwife, provides family planning counselling in Herat, Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ahmadullah Amarkhil

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Phone line answers burning questions of Afghan youth

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Young people in Band-e-Amir, Afghanistan. A UNFPA-supported hotline is helping Afghanistan's youth learn about their health and rights. © UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein

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Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery

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Zarmina and her mother. Some members of their family have blamed Zarmina for the abduction, but her mother has stood by her. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Midwives help lower Afghanistan's towering maternal death rate

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Fahima Nazary, head of midwifery at the CURE Hospital in Kabul, looks over a mother and newborn. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Rada Akbar

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Conducting a Social, Demographic and Economic Survey of Afghanistan

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Training enumerators is one of many steps in the complex process of data collection.

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A new lease on life for women living with obstetric fistula in Afghanistan

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<p>Sharifa (left) at the Malalai Maternity Hospital talking to the doctor that treated her fistula, Dr. Pashtoon Kohistani. <i>Photo credit: Zainab Hiadary/UNFPA Afghanistan</i> </p>

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Rewarding the Heroic Work of Midwives in Afghanistan

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Students in the Community Midwives Education Programme, supported by UNFPA, in Kabul.Photo: Zubaida Akbar

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Midwives Are Key to Safe Deliveries for Afghani Women

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While access to reproductive and maternal health care is expanding, local custom kept Fereshta, like many women in Afghanistan, from seeking timely emergency obstetric care. Photo:UNFPA/Afghanistan/Zubaida Akbar

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Local Women’s NGOs Play Crucial Role for Afghan Refugee Women

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With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

Acceptance of family planning grows in Afghanistan, but myths linger

Phone line answers burning questions of Afghan youth

Snatched from her home, an Afghan girl's road to recovery

Midwives help lower Afghanistan's towering maternal death rate

Conducting a Social, Demographic and Economic Survey of Afghanistan

A new lease on life for women living with obstetric fistula in Afghanistan

Rewarding the Heroic Work of Midwives in Afghanistan

Midwives Are Key to Safe Deliveries for Afghani Women

Local Women’s NGOs Play Crucial Role for Afghan Refugee Women

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