Press Release

Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns

03 June 2014

News

Midwives could cut maternal, newborn deaths by two thirds, says new State of the World’s Midwifery

When properly trained and supported, midwives could provide nearly 90 per cent of sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health services needed by women and newborns. Photo credit: Jhpiego/Kate Holt

03 June 2014

News

Somali midwifery school helps tackle harsh conditions for women

Midwifery students graduate from the new Mogadishu Midwifery School in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: UNFPA Somalia

30 May 2014

News

Myanmar’s “red angel” midwives prepare to bring care to displaced women in Rakhine

A "red angel" midwife cares for a mother and her newborn in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo credit: UNFPA/Benny Manser

28 May 2014

News

The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.

09 May 2014

News

"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+

05 May 2014

Statement

Statement for the International Day of the Midwife

05 May 2014

News

Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths

A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton

23 April 2014

News

Midwives in South Sudan Heed Call to Save Mothers

Jennifer Ikokole attends to an expectant mother at UNFPA's maternity tent. Photo credit: UNFPA/Kenneth Odiwuor

16 April 2014

News

Midwives are Key to Fewer Maternal Deaths

Midwifery students perform a demonstration using materials donated by UNFPA in Kampala, Uganda. Photo © Photo credit: UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi

08 April 2014

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