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A new lease on life for women living with obstetric fistula in Afghanistan

calendar_today22 May 2014

<p>Sharifa (left) at the Malalai Maternity Hospital talking to the doctor that treated her fistula, Dr. Pashtoon Kohistani. <i>Photo credit: Zainab Hiadary/UNFPA Afghanistan</i> </p>
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Rewarding the Heroic Work of Midwives in Afghanistan

calendar_today20 January 2012

Students in the Community Midwives Education Programme, supported by UNFPA, in Kabul.Photo: Zubaida Akbar
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Midwives Are Key to Safe Deliveries for Afghani Women

calendar_today20 September 2011

While access to reproductive and maternal health care is expanding, local custom kept Fereshta, like many women in Afghanistan, from seeking timely emergency obstetric care. Photo:UNFPA/Afghanistan/Zubaida Akbar
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