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Why We’re Equipping a New Generation of Midwives: Hear from the Educators Themselves

05 May 2023

The Alliance to Improve Midwifery Education (AIME) partners and midwifery educators from 19 countries and UNFPA staff gathered at the Asia-Pacific Regional Midwifery Education workshop. ©UNFPA/Luke Duggleby
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Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2023

01 May 2023

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Fifth Global Midwifery Symposium

07 May - 11 May 2023

Cape Town, South Africa

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Global Call to Action & Commitment

International Day of the Midwife 2024

05 May 2024

Global

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News

Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion

The 2023 theme for World Health Day, 7 April, is “Health for all”. © WHO
  • 06 April 2023
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Publication

Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2020

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

Number of pages: 108

Publication date: 01 Feb 2023

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

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News

A neglected global crisis for women: Nearly 300,000 mothers died in 2020 from preventable causes

Newly graduated midwife Sakila Chaulagian in 2020. © UNFPA Nepal
  • 23 February 2023
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Press Release

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies

23 February 2023

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Canada

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provide critical maternal health care amid floods, conflict and an ongoing refugee crisis. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 17 January 2023
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