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

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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

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Global health systems must invest in midwives

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5 things to know about motherhood

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Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world throughout the year. In Somalia, above, the day falls in March. © Tobin Jones for UNFPA

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The A-Compass: The UNFPA adaptive management model

Acceleration for transformative results

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War in Ukraine shocks global food supply, putting lives at risk

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A young mother and her baby are weighed before being examined for malnutrition at UNFPA-supported Marib General hospital in Yemen, a country that relies heavily on food imports. Skyrocketing food prices have increased the number of people in need of food assistance from 16.2 million in 2021 to 19 million people in 2022. © UN/Giles Clarke

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Hope on wheels: Emergency maternal health units reach farthest corners of the Philippines

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The fishing village of Saint Bernard, in the Southern Leyte Province of the Philippines, saw widepsread destruction from Super Typhoon Rai in December 2021, with hundreds of thousands displaced and many homes obliterated by the storm. © UNFPA/Ezra Acayan

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Risk of sexual violence, unintended pregnancy soars in crisis settings, new report highlights

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UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka

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Swedish Parliamentarians gain insight into UNFPA-supported work in Zambia

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In March, a Swedish delegation paid a virtual visit to the UNFPA-backed Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) supported safe houses for adolescent girls. The YWCA reaches over 8,000 girls and 4,500 boys each year.

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

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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

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In a deadly typhoon’s wake, a women-led mobile facility meets sexual and reproductive health needs

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The Women's Health on Wheels facility in Saint Bernard in Typhoon Rai/Odette-affected Southern Leyte was stationed next to a school compound being used as an evacuation camp. The team held a day for pregnant women who were provided with sexual and reproductive health services and gender-based violence information sessions. © UNFPA Philippines

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

Global health systems must invest in midwives

5 things to know about motherhood

The A-Compass: The UNFPA adaptive management model

Acceleration for transformative results

War in Ukraine shocks global food supply, putting lives at risk

Hope on wheels: Emergency maternal health units reach farthest corners of the Philippines

Risk of sexual violence, unintended pregnancy soars in crisis settings, new report highlights

Swedish Parliamentarians gain insight into UNFPA-supported work in Zambia

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

In a deadly typhoon’s wake, a women-led mobile facility meets sexual and reproductive health needs

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