Cyclone Idai

Cut off from care in flooded Zimbabwe, pregnant women airlifted to safety

"We lost all our belongings – including the new clothes we had bought for the baby," Tatenda Sithole, from Rusitu. © UNFPA Zimbabwe

28 June 2019

Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique

Ms. Nana says she wanted to work as a midwife to help improve family planning use. © UNFPA/Natalia da Luz

29 May 2019

This International Day of the Midwife, meet Adelaide, a midwife in Mozambique who delivered life-saving care to mothers and newborns as Cyclone Idai lashed at her maternity centre. As waters rose and the roof threatened to collapse, she delivered four babies.

Joint operation rescues hundreds from Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique

The firefighters were deployed a month ago by the Government of Brazil to help victims of Cyclone Idai. Image courtesy of Bombeiros do Brasil

30 April 2019

Secretary-General speaks with women and girls in storm-ravaged Mozambique

Cut off from care in flooded Zimbabwe, pregnant women airlifted to safety

Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique

As Cyclone Idai batters maternity ward, midwives tirelessly save lives

Joint operation rescues hundreds from Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique