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Maternal and reproductive health-care crisis in Ethiopia

Asnaketch recovering in her tent after a stillbirth at Haylota internally displaced persons site in Konso, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region state. @ UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
  • 02 March 2022
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  • In her words: Air raid sirens, a baby’s first cry. Giving birth during war in Ukraine

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In her words: Air raid sirens, a baby’s first cry. Giving birth during war in Ukraine

Mariia Shostak and baby son, Arthur, in the basement of a maternity hospital in Kyiv, where she and other new mothers and their families took shelter. © Mariia Shostak
  • 03 March 2022
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Yemen: A mother’s life on the line

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  • Women refugees bear the brunt of Ethiopia’s forgotten crisis in Gambella

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Women refugees bear the brunt of Ethiopia’s forgotten crisis in Gambella

The maternity delivery room at the Jewi Refugee Camp, Gambella © UNFPA Ethiopia/ Paula Seijo
  • 19 January 2022
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  • In Pakistan’s remote areas, midwives ensure care beyond safe birth

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In Pakistan’s remote areas, midwives ensure care beyond safe birth

Seema awaits an antenatal check-up at Koohi Goth hospital, which has a midwifery-led care unit. © UNFPA Pakistan
  • 22 December 2021
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  • In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths

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In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths

Ammoun Kitabi cradles a newborn in Zaatari camp. As a Jordanian midwife trained in Syria, she feels a deep connection to the Syrian refugees under her care. © UNFPA Jordan
  • 10 January 2022
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  • Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

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Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

Shahla Oruzgani, head midwife at Kabul's Malalai Maternity Hospital, attends to a newborn. ©UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 13 December 2021
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  • $835 million needed to provide urgent sexual and reproductive health care, supplies in crisis settings

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$835 million needed to provide urgent sexual and reproductive health care, supplies in crisis settings

A midwife in Afghanistan provides maternal health services. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 13 December 2021
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  • Mobile health units are saving lives in Libya

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Mobile health units are saving lives in Libya

Teams of health care workers, including obstetricians/gynaecologists and midwives, serve two-month stints at various facilities throughout Libya to help address shortages in personnel. © UNFPA Libya
  • 20 December 2021
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