News

Demand for Afghanistan’s midwives unflagging during COVID-19 pandemic

Sajia Mansoory attends to a newborn at the Malalai National Maternity Hospital.. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Zaeem Abdul Rahman
  • 14 September 2020
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Publication

Implementation Manual for Developing a National Network of Maternity Units

Improving Emergency Obstetric And Newborn Care (EmONC)

Number of pages: 167

Publication date: 01 Sep 2020

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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Resources

Online consultation for coverage targets for Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality (EPMM)

Resource date: Sep 2020

Publisher: UNFPA, WHO (on behalf of the EPMM Management Team)

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Publication

Ending Preventable Newborn Deaths and Stillbirths by 2030

Moving Faster Towards High-Quality Universal Health Coverage in 2020–2025

Publication date: 01 Jul 2020

Publisher: WHO, UNICEF

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News

Mobile health teams bring critical services to women in remote Afghanistan

A mobile health team midwife provides health services to a remote community. © ARCS Afghanistan
  • 03 September 2020
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Updates

Sweden and UNFPA join forces to protect mothers and babies from COVID-19 in Sudan

13 May 2020

UNFPA-trained midwives are helping prevent COVID-19 infection and to deliver babies in Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan/Soufian Abdul-Mouty
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Supporting mothers, midwives in the COVID-19 pandemic

Published on: 04/05/2020

With health systems stretched, movement restrictions in place and concerns about disease exposure in health-care settings, mothers and midwives are risking their own health and lives to bring new life into the world. See more: unfpa.org/DeliverNow

Statement

Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

05 May 2020

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Midwives lost to COVID-19

Published on: 04/05/2020

This International Women's Day, UNFPA mourns the tragic loss of three heroic midwives amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Celebrating Iran's midwives on the International Day of the Midwife

Published on: 04/05/2020

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