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Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

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Midwifery students at Madagascar's Interregional Training Institute for Paramedics. ©UNFPA Madagascar

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

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

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Commitment to supporting childbirth amid Afghanistan’s deteriorating security situation

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

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Sep 2021

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UNFPA

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Annual Report

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

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

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Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

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

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

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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

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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

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Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

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Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia

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As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

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Mastura Zia provides maternal health services to Afghan returnees, many of them deported from neighbouring Iran. © Zaeem Abdul Rahman/UNFPA Afghanistan

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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

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Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR

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Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

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

Commitment to supporting childbirth amid Afghanistan’s deteriorating security situation

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

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

Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

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

Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

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