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Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery

“I will not succumb to short-lived challenges and give up,” says Dawit Mequanint, a midwife in Ethiopia. © Ethiopian Midwives Association

14 April 2020

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Maternal deaths declining in Morocco thanks to midwives, but more support needed

Khadija Bahzad holds a baby she delivered in Marrakech. Ms. Bahzad is a midwifery trainer, strengthening the skills of other midwives in the country. © UNFPA

14 February 2020

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In Uzbekistan, midwives learn to make calls that save lives

Ms. Jumabayeva assists Ms. Kholmurodova at the maternity ward of the Kanlikul District Health Department in Uzbekistan. © UNFPA Uzbekistan

17 January 2020

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In the Sahel, where motherhood is deadliest, midwives are saving lives

The first woman to give birth at Fatoumata Diallo's clinic named her daughter after the midwife. © Vincent Tremeau/World Bank

22 November 2019

Updates

With Sweden, strengthening midwifery care worldwide

16 Dec 2019

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem meets with midwifery students at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. © UNFPA/Pernille Fenger

News

Midwives save lives – but more support for midwifery is needed

Midwife Imama (left) checks on Salma and her newborn in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Fahima Tajrin

04 June 2019

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Barcode technology transforms access to family planning in the Philippines

Ms. Bedla and midwife Ms. Ruanto at the San Roque health centre. © UNFPA Philippines/Reginald Sarmenta

03 June 2019

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Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique

29 May 2019

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“Crossing the river” to a safe delivery in rural Cambodia

29 March 2019

State of the World's Midwifery

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014

A Universal Pathway. A Woman's Right to Health

Number of pages: 228

Publication date: 01 Jan 2014

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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