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A safe pregnancy is every woman’s right: Midwifery care saves lives in Myanmar

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Ngun Hlei survived a serious pregnancy complication, thanks to her midwife. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

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In Pakistan, empowering midwives to empower women

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Midwives attend to clients in Sindh Province. Midwifery training programmes are empowering women and saving lives. © UNFPA Pakistan

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For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury

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Women and girls are waiting for a fistula repair at Maiduguri’s State Specialist Hospital © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA

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In Cambodia, push to end maternal deaths in remote areas

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Romam Pchuek reaches out to pregnant women in Ratanakiri, encouraging them to seek appropriate care. © UNFPA/ Matthew Taylor

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Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria

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Yana Duka is one of 35 cholera patients in a provisional health facility in Muna camp. She lost her pregnancy after falling ill. © UNFPA/Anne Wittenberg

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“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge

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Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang speaks with a midwife during her antenatal check-up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano

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Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

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In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

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Anjana rests with her newborn baby in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. Both mother and baby survived an obstructed labour, thanks to the intervention of a midwife. © CIPRB/Animesh Biswas

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Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

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Kate and Samuel Opio with their twins at Inomo Health Centre III, in Uganda's Apac District. They now plan to use a modern contraceptive method. © UNFPA/Prossy Jonker Nakanjako

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A safe pregnancy is every woman’s right: Midwifery care saves lives in Myanmar

In Pakistan, empowering midwives to empower women

For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury

In Cambodia, push to end maternal deaths in remote areas

Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria

“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge

Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

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