Statement

We can and must end preventable maternal deaths

calendar_today07 April 2025

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Updates

Maternal health champions at CPD: It’s time to act for mothers and newborns

calendar_today07 April 2025

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Events

Improving health and well-being for women and newborns: Launch of the Midwifery Accelerator

calendar_today07 April 2025

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pdf

Publisher

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

Publication date

Apr 2025

Publication

Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2023: Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

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Press release

Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

calendar_today07 April 2025

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News

“Every pregnancy these days is a struggle”: Restoring life-saving healthcare in Gaza

calendar_today10 March 2025

A temporary health centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is supported by UNFPA through health workers, essential medicine and equipment. © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous
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Updates

Infinite Woman: A digital art series by Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm

calendar_today24 February 2025

Digital art by Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
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News

Investing in skilled midwives to save lives and brighten futures in Yemen

calendar_today10 February 2025

A UNFPA-supported programme to train future midwives at a higher education institute in Aden, Yemen. ©UNFPA Yemen
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News

Explainer: What is UNFPA and why does it matter?

calendar_today24 January 2025

Anitha Bosco, 35, receives an ultrasound scan from a midwife at a health centre in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA DRC/Junior Mayindu
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Video

Midwives are caring for displaced pregnant women in Chad

calendar_today18 February 2025

Midwives are caring for displaced pregnant women in Chad

Midwives are caring for displaced pregnant women in Chad

Florence is a midwife supported by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Chad.

Over 13,000 people, including many pregnant women, have been displaced by severe flooding across the country. 

Now more than ever, her life-saving work is necessary.

See how Florence is making motherhood safer for pregnant women affected by this humanitarian crisis.

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