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Ensuring Human Rights in Burkina Faso, one baby at time

15 Dec 2021

Every newborn in Burkina Faso gets a bracelet with a unique code that links to their digital birth certificate. © UNFPA Burkina Faso

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Mobile health units are saving lives in Libya

Teams of health care workers, including obstetricians/gynaecologists and midwives, serve two-month stints at various facilities throughout Libya to help address shortages in personnel. © UNFPA Libya

20 December 2021

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Drones to transport maternal health medicines to rural Benin

Midwife Germaine Balogoun and colleague offloading health products from the drone, at Firou maternity yard, Department of Atacora, Benin. © UNFPA/Olympia de Maismont

01 December 2021

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Mobile health teams: On the road saving lives in Afghanistan’s most remote areas

A new mother is examined by a mobile health team midwife in Afghanistan. © UNFPA/Afghanistan

19 November 2021

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Commitment to supporting childbirth amid Afghanistan’s deteriorating security situation

A midwife at a family health house provides care to a baby. Image taken in 2020. © UNFPA Afghanistan

27 October 2021

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For breast cancer survivors and supporters in Palestine, a chance to come together

Breast cancer survivors help make wigs for women who have lost their hair because of the treatment for the disease at Jabalia Women's Health Centre in Gaza Strip, Palestine. Other women who help may have a personal reason to do so, like having a relative diagnosed with breast cancer, or simply want to show support. © Abdel Shafi Community Health Association

22 October 2021

Annual Report

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

Saving lives and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on mothers and newborns

Number of pages: 56

Publication date: 01 Sep 2021

Author: UNFPA

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Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

UNFPA’s midwifery helpline continues to operate, providing uninterrupted life-saving obstetric support to birth attendants facing pregnancy complications and dangerous deliveries. © UNFPA Afghanistan

28 September 2021

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Better maternal health outcomes – and sometimes a miracle – in Guinea-Bissau

During a pregnancy complication at seven months, Ami Campini went to two local health centres before being transported to the Regional Hospital of Buba, Guinea-Bissau and delivering a 1.3-kilogram baby girl via emergency Caesarean section. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau

31 August 2021

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Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

Dr. Cairen Sangji conducts an antenatal examination for a local Tibetan woman in Yushu, Qinghai Province. Image courtesy of Yushu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital

03 August 2021

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