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Sep 2021

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Annual Report

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

Saving lives and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on mothers and newborns

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Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

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UNFPA’s midwifery helpline continues to operate, providing uninterrupted life-saving obstetric support to birth attendants facing pregnancy complications and dangerous deliveries. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Better maternal health outcomes – and sometimes a miracle – in Guinea-Bissau

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During a pregnancy complication at seven months, Ami Campini went to two local health centres before being transported to the Regional Hospital of Buba, Guinea-Bissau and delivering a 1.3-kilogram baby girl via emergency Caesarean section. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau

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Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

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Dr. Cairen Sangji conducts an antenatal examination for a local Tibetan woman in Yushu, Qinghai Province. Image courtesy of Yushu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital

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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

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A midwife examines a pregnant woman using the portable ultrasound device. © UNFPA Kenya

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Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

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Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia

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As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

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Mastura Zia provides maternal health services to Afghan returnees, many of them deported from neighbouring Iran. © Zaeem Abdul Rahman/UNFPA Afghanistan

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Helping women and girls claim their bodily autonomy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and East and Southern Regional Director Julitta Onabanjoeets with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege as well as community members, advocates and survivors. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

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Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR

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In crisis after crisis, mothers around the world are asked to do the impossible

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A new mother of twins is attended by maternal health nurse Ana Paula Francisco Adrade. Nurse Adrade says it has been challenging to get enough gloves and face masks to safely care for pregnant women. © UNFPA Mozambique

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Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

Saving lives and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on mothers and newborns

Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

Better maternal health outcomes – and sometimes a miracle – in Guinea-Bissau

Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

Helping women and girls claim their bodily autonomy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

In crisis after crisis, mothers around the world are asked to do the impossible

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

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