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In Pakistan’s remote areas, midwives ensure care beyond safe birth

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Seema awaits an antenatal check-up at Koohi Goth hospital, which has a midwifery-led care unit. © UNFPA Pakistan

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In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths

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Ammoun Kitabi cradles a newborn in Zaatari camp. As a Jordanian midwife trained in Syria, she feels a deep connection to the Syrian refugees under her care. © UNFPA Jordan

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UNFPA continues life-saving services across war-torn northern Ethiopia

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UNFPA and Maedot staff at the Maternity Waiting Home in Sabacare 4 camp, Mekelle © UNFPA Ethiopia

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Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

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Shahla Oruzgani, head midwife at Kabul's Malalai Maternity Hospital, attends to a newborn. ©UNFPA Afghanistan

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Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

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A Midwifery Helpline worker walks a caller through a procedure over the phone © UNFPA Afghanistan

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A pilot programme in Myanmar provides both menstrual health support and economic opportunity

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Women produce menstrual pads as part of a pilot programme with a double impact: distributing hygiene products to people in need and giving women a chance to earn income. © UNFPA Myanmar

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Bodily autonomy: a cornerstone for achieving gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights

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Iceland and UNFPA sign a $7 million agreement to help eliminate obstetric fistula in Sierra Leone

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Nurses at Aberdeen Women’s Centre with a fistula patient, in the western region of Sierra Leone. Iceland will help the hospital build its capacity to eliminate fistula in Sierra Leone. © UNFPA Sierra Leone

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Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

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Reclaiming bodily autonomy for persons with disabilities in Kazakhstan

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A booklet on reproductive health was produced in Braille and distributed to libraries and schools for the visually impaired in Kazakhstan. © UNFPA/Kazakhstan

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In Pakistan’s remote areas, midwives ensure care beyond safe birth

In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths

UNFPA continues life-saving services across war-torn northern Ethiopia

Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

A pilot programme in Myanmar provides both menstrual health support and economic opportunity

Bodily autonomy: a cornerstone for achieving gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights

Iceland and UNFPA sign a $7 million agreement to help eliminate obstetric fistula in Sierra Leone

Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

Reclaiming bodily autonomy for persons with disabilities in Kazakhstan

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