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Front-line midwives: Three reasons to support these humanitarian health workers amid a global funding crisis

In the delivery room of the Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a team of midwives assist a displaced woman who has just given birth. © UNFPA DRC / Jonas Yunus DRC
  • 02 May 2025
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05 May 2025

Statement

Midwives on the front line: Health workers, humanitarians, heroes

01 May 2025

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Midwives: Critical in every crisis

05 May 2025

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Between conflict and climate crises, midwives deliver hope for mothers and newborns in Yemen

When Mona began working as a midwife in her local health centre 30 years ago, she was the first in Yemen’s Hadramout Governorate. © UNFPA Yemen
  • 06 May 2024
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Statement

Statement from UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2024

02 May 2024

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News

On the front lines of climate-driven crisis: UNFPA-supported midwives prevent maternal deaths among Cameroonian refugees in Chad

Midwife Neïma Patricia works in the maternity ward of Kalambari refugee camp, supporting Cameroonian refugees. © UNFPA Chad / Éric Djepatarlemgoto
  • 02 May 2024
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Midwives make motherhood safer

Published on: 05/05/2024

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05 May 2023

Updates

Why We’re Equipping a New Generation of Midwives: Hear from the Educators Themselves

05 May 2023

The Alliance to Improve Midwifery Education (AIME) partners and midwifery educators from 19 countries and UNFPA staff gathered at the Asia-Pacific Regional Midwifery Education workshop. ©UNFPA/Luke Duggleby
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