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In Port Sudan, UNFPA helps ensure safe birth for women and girls fleeing violence in Khartoum

A team at the Port Sudan Teaching Hospital assists Omnia in delivering by Caesarean section, just a week after she arrived in the city having fled violence and insecurity in Khartoum. © UNFPA/Sufian Adbulmouty
  • 30 June 2023
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Statement

Opening Remarks by Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 33rd International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress

12 June 2023

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Midwives are saving lives amidst the worst drought in 40 years in Kenya

Published on: 08/06/2023

Charity is one of the UNFPA-supported midwives who is responding to the worst drought in 40 years in the Horn of Africa.

See how we’re protecting the health and rights of millions of women and girls affected by this humanitarian crisis in Kenya.

Taking the fear out of childbirth in Latin America

05 May 2023

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

Ending maternal deaths in a world of 8 billion: How midwives save lives

Simmaly and Amina attending an event honouring midwives earlier this year. © UNFPA Lao PDR
  • 17 November 2022
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News

Women and girls in Pakistan need urgent health and protection services amid epic flood disaster

Two girls displaced by torrential monsoon rains and flash flooding in Pakistan sit by the roadside with the remains of their belongings in Khairpur Mirs, Sindh province. Among those affected by the emergency are nearly 130,000 pregnant women in need of urgent health services – more than 42,000 of whom are due to give birth in the next three months. © UNFPA Pakistan/Kashif Ahmed Memon
  • 21 September 2022
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News

In Lao PDR, midwives provide life-saving and culturally competent care to the country’s ethnic communities

Ms. Jepeu at her office with colleagues and patients. © UNFPA Lao PDR
  • 22 September 2022
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