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Mothers, midwives risking their lives to bring new life into the world

The pandemic has introduced danger and uncertainty to the start of motherhood. Clockwise from top left: © UNFPA DRC, © China Maternal and Child Health Association, © Ethiopian Midwives Association, © UNFPA Honduras, © ZHIAN health organization, © Vojislav Gushevski, © UNFPA Albania

04 May 2020

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Responding to the Challenge of Non-communicable Diseases

Resource date: Sep 2019

Author: UNFPA

This brief covers UNFPA's work on addressing non-communicable diseases, primarily the prevention and treatment of cervical cancer and giving attention to adolescent and maternal health.

This brief comes as part of UNFPA's membership on the UN Interagency Task Force on prevention and management of non-communicable diseases.

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Pandemic threatens communities ravaged by war and crisis, global support needed

Outreach workers in Syria are raising awareness about the pandemic. © UNFPA Syria

16 April 2020

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Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery

“I will not succumb to short-lived challenges and give up,” says Dawit Mequanint, a midwife in Ethiopia. © Ethiopian Midwives Association

14 April 2020

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COVID-19 affects Ukraine health systems already compromised by conflict

A boy at home in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine. People are urged to stay home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and health services are being scaled down. © UNICEF/UN0243125/Morris VII Photo

06 April 2020

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COVID-19 Technical Brief for Maternity Services

Resource date: Jul 2020

Publisher: UNFPA

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Delivering triplets in war-torn Yemen, under shadow of pandemic

After a complicated delivery, triplet boys were discharged in good health. Distance, conflict and the threat of the global pandemic kept their mother from seeking maternal health care. © BFD/UNFPA Yemen

09 April 2020

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Bangladesh midwives continue saving lives as country responds to pandemic

In pandemic-affected Madaripur, midwife Selina Akter delivered a baby girl. Image courtesy of Selina Akter

08 April 2020

Iran's midwives and nurses on the front lines of COVID-19 pandemic

Published on: 07/04/2020

Today, on World Health Day, midwives and nurses are risking their lives to safely deliver babies and care for the sick amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19: A Gender Lens

Resource date: Mar 2020

Author: UNFPA

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