Ensuring safe births after Syria’s devastating earthquakes

Published on: 22/05/2023

Maternity hospitals in Syria are under immense strain after the recent earthquakes.

UNFPA is providing vital maternal health care to ensure women give birth safely. Learn more. 

Midwives are saving lives in rural Colombia

Published on: 12/05/2023

Meet Elisa, the midwife who leads the delivery room at San Andrés Hospital in Colombia.

With her team, she ensures that every woman receives quality health care while being treated with dignity and respect.

See how UNFPA supports her and other midwives around the world.

Press Release

Global progress in tackling maternal and newborn deaths stalls since 2015: UN

09 May 2023

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Updates

Why We’re Equipping a New Generation of Midwives: Hear from the Educators Themselves

05 May 2023

The Alliance to Improve Midwifery Education (AIME) partners and midwifery educators from 19 countries and UNFPA staff gathered at the Asia-Pacific Regional Midwifery Education workshop. ©UNFPA/Luke Duggleby
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Statement

Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2023

01 May 2023

AR RU
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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

Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion

The 2023 theme for World Health Day, 7 April, is “Health for all”. © WHO
  • 06 April 2023
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Publication

Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2020

Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

Number of pages: 108

Publication date: 01 Feb 2023

Publisher: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

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News

A neglected global crisis for women: Nearly 300,000 mothers died in 2020 from preventable causes

Newly graduated midwife Sakila Chaulagian in 2020. © UNFPA Nepal
  • 23 February 2023
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