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On the front lines of climate-driven crisis: UNFPA-supported midwives prevent maternal deaths among Cameroonian refugees in Chad
- 02 May 2024
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Midwives make motherhood safer
Published on: 05/05/2024
Join UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, to celebrate the heroes who protect the health and rights of mothers and babies around the world. Learn more.
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Tackling the hidden mental health crisis in Yemen
- 08 January 2024
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Midwives go door-to-door amid flooding in Peru, reaching thousands with critical health services
- 27 December 2023
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Midwives in Gaza receive much-needed supplies to ensure safe births
Published on: 09/01/2024
From the newly created UNRWA field hospital in Gaza, UNFPA Palestine Representative Dominic Allen tells us the catastrophic situation on the ground.
With hospitals being far over capacity, midwives and doctors are beyond exhausted.
UNFPA is committed to providing them with much-needed support and supplies.
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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023
- 21 December 2023
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Solar-powered births in Sudan
Midwives making strides in the crisis-hit country
All photos and footage © UNFPA Sudan
13 October 2023
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Rescued from the earthquake in Morocco, midwife Maria delivers babies and saves lives as catastrophe unfolds around her
- 25 September 2023
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Finding Dignity in Disasters
As sea levels rise in Bangladesh, so do risks for women and girls
Farzana wades through floodwaters in Uttar-Bedkashi in the Khulna District.
© UNFPA Bangladesh/Naymuzzaman Prince
08 August 2023
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Beating the odds: Resilience, hope and safe births at a UNFPA mobile clinic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 31 August 2023
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