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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

A mother and baby in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2015. When violence erupted days before the fifth anniversary of South Sudan's independence, heroic midwives stood their ground to save lives. © UNFPA/Amadou Baraze Elh Nakaka
  • 26 July 2016
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Changing the perspective: Fighting to end female genital mutilation in Upper Egypt

18 July 2016

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Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Agnod counsels villagers on family planning. Efforts like Agnod's have helped the country lower its maternal death rate significantly. © UNFPA/Matthew Taylor
  • 13 July 2016
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Getting help to nomad moms on the move in West Darfur

Zahra Zakaria was in labour for three days in a tent in West Darfur. A Caesarean section saved her and her son. © UNFPA
  • 12 July 2016
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Caring for the crisis-affected mothers of Quneitra, Syria

Women recover in the UNFPA-supported hospital in Quneitra. Over 600 babies were born there in the first quarter of 2016. © UNFPA/a UNFPA partner organization
  • 13 June 2016
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Midwives deployed in Uganda to prevent ‘social calamity’

Carolyn Akello became a midwife after attending the funeral of a woman who died in childbirth. Midwives like Ms. Akello are working to end preventable maternal deaths in Uganda. © UNFPA
  • 10 June 2016
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Safe birth, even here

Published on: 09/06/2016

Over 500 women die in pregnancy or childbirth every day in humanitarian and fragile settings.

All women – even those caught in conflicts, disasters or other crises – should be able to give birth safely. UNFPA is working with partners to deliver care to pregnant women and new mothers in even the most treacherous situations. Learn more here

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With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

An expectant mother receives a check up at the Qaramat Family Health House in Afghanistan's central highlands. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 16 May 2016
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Midwives on the frontlines of fighting maternal death in Somalia

Two midwives place an intravenous drip for a patient at the maternity ward of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu. © UN Photo/Tobin Jones
  • 05 May 2016
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A new mobile app brings the digital revolution to adolescent maternal care in Uganda

Team GetIN members (left to right) Hope Kirabo, Busingye Joshua, Gift Mbabazi and Donald Rukanga during a field visit to Kanungu district. © UNFPA Uganda
  • 08 April 2016
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