Resources

Presentation: TransformU

Resource date: 2019

News

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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News

Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

Keflene Yakobo is now a fistula ambassador in her community, helping other women receive treatment and reclaim their lives. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren
  • 21 May 2019
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News

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
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News

5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
  • 20 May 2019
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Nairobi Summit

UNFPA launches University Network/TransformU

Academic institutions play an important role in the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing knowledge and expertise in key subject areas.

Updates

Columbia University Student joins Minister from Sweden at 15th Salas Memorial Lecture

14 May 2019

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News

Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps

Without visiting the mobile clinic, Ja Htoi's condition would have gone unnoticed. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
  • 14 May 2019
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As Cyclone Idai batters maternity ward, midwives tirelessly save lives

Published on: 05/05/2019

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.

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