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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

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A mother and baby in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2015. When violence erupted days before the fifth anniversary of South Sudan's independence, heroic midwives stood their ground to save lives. © UNFPA/Amadou Baraze Elh Nakaka

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Family planning in remote Lao People's Democratic Republic

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Family planning in remote Lao People's Democratic Republic

With support from UNFPA, Agnod, has helped more than 300 families receive family planning services in remote Laos.

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Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic

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Agnod counsels villagers on family planning. Efforts like Agnod's have helped the country lower its maternal death rate significantly. © UNFPA/Matthew Taylor

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Getting help to nomad moms on the move in West Darfur

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Zahra Zakaria was in labour for three days in a tent in West Darfur. A Caesarean section saved her and her son. © UNFPA

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Caring for the crisis-affected mothers of Quneitra, Syria

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Women recover in the UNFPA-supported hospital in Quneitra. Over 600 babies were born there in the first quarter of 2016. © UNFPA/a UNFPA partner organization

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Midwives deployed in Uganda to prevent ‘social calamity’

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Carolyn Akello became a midwife after attending the funeral of a woman who died in childbirth. Midwives like Ms. Akello are working to end preventable maternal deaths in Uganda. © UNFPA

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With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

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An expectant mother receives a check up at the Qaramat Family Health House in Afghanistan's central highlands. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns

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Midwives on the frontlines of fighting maternal death in Somalia

calendar_today05 May 2016

Two midwives place an intravenous drip for a patient at the maternity ward of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu. © UN Photo/Tobin Jones

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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

Family planning in remote Lao People's Democratic Republic

Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Getting help to nomad moms on the move in West Darfur

Caring for the crisis-affected mothers of Quneitra, Syria

Midwives deployed in Uganda to prevent ‘social calamity’

With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns

Midwives on the frontlines of fighting maternal death in Somalia

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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

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