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Ending maternal deaths in a world of 8 billion: How midwives save lives

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Simmaly and Amina attending an event honouring midwives earlier this year. © UNFPA Lao PDR

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Women and girls in Pakistan need urgent health and protection services amid epic flood disaster

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Two girls displaced by torrential monsoon rains and flash flooding in Pakistan sit by the roadside with the remains of their belongings in Khairpur Mirs, Sindh province. Among those affected by the emergency are nearly 130,000 pregnant women in need of urgent health services – more than 42,000 of whom are due to give birth in the next three months. © UNFPA Pakistan/Kashif Ahmed Memon

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In Lao PDR, midwives provide life-saving and culturally competent care to the country’s ethnic communities

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Ms. Jepeu at her office with colleagues and patients. © UNFPA Lao PDR

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Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

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Midwife Minaz Bibi provides midwifery services for women affected by the earthquake in the Gayan district of Paktika, Afghanistan, in June 2022. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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The journey to becoming a midwife in Mexico

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From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

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Midwife Marie Nancy Christiane holds newborn baby Noelia after helping to deliver her in a UNFPA emergency maternity tent in Mananjary, in Madagascar’s southeastern Vatovavy region. © UNFPA/Tsiry Fy-Tia Solofomihanta

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Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

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Midwives in Morocco, like Amina Al Ammari, played a critical role in responding to the pandemic while also tending to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. © UNFPA Morocco

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Global health systems must invest in midwives

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Ending maternal deaths in a world of 8 billion: How midwives save lives

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About UNFPA

Women and girls in Pakistan need urgent health and protection services amid epic flood disaster

In Lao PDR, midwives provide life-saving and culturally competent care to the country’s ethnic communities

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About UNFPA

Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

The journey to becoming a midwife in Mexico

From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

Global health systems must invest in midwives

Ending maternal deaths in a world of 8 billion: How midwives save lives

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