International Day of the Midwife 2024

05 May 2024

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From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

Midwife Marie Nancy Christiane holds newborn baby Noelia after helping to deliver her in a UNFPA emergency maternity tent in Mananjary, in Madagascar’s southeastern Vatovavy region. © UNFPA/Tsiry Fy-Tia Solofomihanta

08 June 2022

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

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

04 May 2022

Statement

Global health systems must invest in midwives

05 May 2022

Statement

Trust the evidence: invest in midwives

05 May 2021

Statement

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

05 May 2020

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Mothers, midwives risking their lives to bring new life into the world

The pandemic has introduced danger and uncertainty to the start of motherhood. Clockwise from top left: © UNFPA DRC, © China Maternal and Child Health Association, © Ethiopian Midwives Association, © UNFPA Honduras, © ZHIAN health organization, © Vojislav Gushevski, © UNFPA Albania

04 May 2020

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No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives

03 May 2019

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Just like your mother? Seven ways motherhood has changed (or not) in the last 25 years

03 May 2019

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Celebrating the journey to motherhood

Bendu takes her daughter from a midwife at a health centre in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia. © UNFPA/Elena Heatherwick

01 May 2018

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From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

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

Global health systems must invest in midwives

Trust the evidence: invest in midwives

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

Mothers, midwives risking their lives to bring new life into the world

No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives

Just like your mother? Seven ways motherhood has changed (or not) in the last 25 years

Celebrating the journey to motherhood