Statement

Trust the evidence: invest in midwives

05 May 2021

News

Yemeni midwives help deliver hope during Ramadan

Midwife Rahma attends to Halima, who is due to give birth during Ramadan, at her home that has been outfitted as a maternity clinic. © UNFPA Yemen

01 April 2021

News

From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

10 March 2021

Resources

Executive Summary: Implementation Manual for developing a national network of maternity units

Resource date: Sep 2020

Author: UNFPA

This document is the executive summary of the implementation manual for developing a national network of maternity units and aims to give the key messages of the manual.

Also in this series:

Implementation Manual for Developing a National Network of Maternity Units: Improving Emergency Obstetric And Newborn Care (EmONC)

News

Amid pandemic and unrest, midwives undeterred in saving lives in Conakry

A midwife at the Communal Medical Centre in Matam wraps newborns in warm blankets. © UNFPA Guinea

11 February 2021

News

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

In pandemic times, midwives around the world like Selina Akter in Bangladesh helped deliver a safer world. Image courtesy of Selina Akter

28 December 2020

Resources

Infographic on Impact of Midwives Study

Resource date: Dec 2020

Author: Andrea Nove, Ingrid K Friberg, Luc de Bernis, Fran McConville, Allisyn C Moran, Maria Najjemba, Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Sally Tracy, Caroline SE Homer

This infographic highlights key findings from a new study led by UNFPA, WHO and the International Confederation of Midwives, published in the Lancet Global Health on 1 December 2020. The study discusses the potential impact of increasing coverage rates of midwife delivered interventions in preventing and saving millions of maternal and newborn lives, unsafe abortions and still births.

UNFPA Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund

Published on: 13/11/2020

The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund (MHTF) is UNFPA’s flagship programme for improving maternal and newborn health and well-being. That Thematic Fund is supported by donors committed to making childbirth safer for all women, girls and newborns. These efforts encompass the UNFPA Midwifery Global Programme, Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care development, as well as Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response, the Campaign to End Fistula.

News

Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate

21 October 2020

Trust the evidence: invest in midwives

Yemeni midwives help deliver hope during Ramadan

From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

Executive Summary: Implementation Manual for developing a national network of maternity units

Amid pandemic and unrest, midwives undeterred in saving lives in Conakry

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

Infographic on Impact of Midwives Study

UNFPA Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund

Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate

The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2019