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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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Heroes in pink: Lao midwives supporting rights and saving lives

Midwifery students Apsy Kamsing (right) and Panin Chanthavong (left) work as interns at the Xieng Khouang central hospital while earning their diplomas in Lao PDR. © UNFPA Lao PDR/Fatima-Zahra Benyahia
  • 29 January 2024
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Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

Midwifery students at Madagascar's Interregional Training Institute for Paramedics. ©UNFPA Madagascar
  • 06 December 2021
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Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique

Ms. Nana says she wanted to work as a midwife to help improve family planning use. © UNFPA/Natalia da Luz
  • 29 May 2019
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A safe pregnancy is every woman’s right: Midwifery care saves lives in Myanmar

Ngun Hlei survived a serious pregnancy complication, thanks to her midwife. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
  • 07 February 2018
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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
  • 10 August 2017
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One year after Ebola’s end, a look at the needs of women and girls

19 June 2017

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Midwives offer care, dignity and a lifeline for Haiti's mothers

"We are rewarded when we hear the newborn’s cry and see the mother’s smile," said midwife Résia Pierre Pierre (right). © UNFPA Haiti
  • 04 May 2017
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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system

Midwifery students listen to a fetal heartbeat. A new generation of midwives will shore up reproductive health care in Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone. © Olivia Acland, United Nations
  • 19 June 2017
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Heroic midwives save lives amid Syria’s chaos

“There has been an exodus of qualified midwives and reproductive health professionals,” Shatha Al Mostafa told UNFPA. © UNFPA/Nadine Cornier
  • 01 May 2017
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