Updates
Emergency obstetric care saves lives in Mozambique
31 May 2019
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Fourth Global Midwifery Symposium
02 June 2019
Vancouver Convention Center, Room 110
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Midwives Call for an Enabling Environment to Transform Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes
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News
Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan
- 22 May 2019
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Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women
- 21 May 2019
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News
Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique
- 29 May 2019
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News
5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls
- 20 May 2019
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Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps
- 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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Mothers give the gift of life—it's time to return the favour.
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$50 provides 10 clean delivery kits, containing simple items that save lives.
$165 pays for 5 women to give birth in clinical settings, under skilled care.
$250 provides emergency medical care to 5 pregnant women in humanitarian settings.
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Resources
UN resolution on fistula 2018 (A/RES/73/147)
Resource date: Dec 2018
The Resolution calls upon States and the international community to accelerate actions to end fistula and reiterates the need for urgent efforts and significantly increased investment to improve maternal health by addressing sexual and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.
The document further outlines key recommendations and actions, and calls for the development of a Global Road Map to End Fistula within a decade.
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