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UNFPA Warns of Devastating Impact of Funding Cuts on Midwife Support in Crisis-Hit Countries
05 May 2025
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“I saved four lives in one night”
Midwives averting crises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Midwife Obedi Lumoo Bikoma attends to a woman and her newborn in conflict-affected Goma, in North Kivu Province.
© UNFPA DRC/Junior Mayindu
05 May 2025
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Five ways Sweden is supporting the world’s maternal health heroes: Midwives
02 May 2025
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Midwives are caring for displaced pregnant women in Chad
Published on: 18/02/2025
Florence is a midwife supported by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Chad.
Over 13,000 people, including many pregnant women, have been displaced by severe flooding across the country.
Now more than ever, her life-saving work is necessary.
See how Florence is making motherhood safer for pregnant women affected by this humanitarian crisis.
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“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide
- 17 December 2024
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Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, meet the midwife who stayed, delivered – and saved lives
- 21 August 2024
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“Bringing smiles to mothers and babies”: Midwives promote safe births at Nimbo health centre in Côte D’Ivoire
- 30 July 2024
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A climate crisis is a gender equality crisis
Life on small island states in the Pacific
The Solomon Islands is one of 39 small island developing states.
© UNFPA/Patrick Rose
28 May 2024
Heroic midwives save lives in northwest Syria
Published on: 22/05/2024
After 13 years of conflict, midwives in northwest Syria are saving lives.
See how crucial midwives are to ensuring pregnant women in need can give birth safely and find out more about how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting women and girls in Syria. Learn more.
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