News

As global cases of COVID-19 hit grim milestones and exacerbate other crises, UNFPA strengthens resolve to save lives

calendar_today03 February 2021

Midwife Prasansa Budha Lama examines a new mother and baby on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. During lockdown, UNFPA-supported midwives provided telecounselling and helpline services, communicating with pregnant and postpartum women via social networks and messaging apps. © UNFPA Nepal
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News

Amid pandemic and unrest, midwives undeterred in saving lives in Conakry

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A midwife at the Communal Medical Centre in Matam wraps newborns in warm blankets. © UNFPA Guinea
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News

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

calendar_today28 December 2020

In pandemic times, midwives around the world like Selina Akter in Bangladesh helped deliver a safer world. Image courtesy of Selina Akter
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News

After years of conflict, Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, a UNFPA 2021 appeal shows

calendar_today07 December 2020

Midwives from a UNFPA mobile team visit a temporary shelter at an internally displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
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Publication date

Dec 2020

Author

Andrea Nove, Ingrid K Friberg, Luc de Bernis, Fran McConville, Allisyn C Moran, Maria Najjemba, Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Sally Tracy, Caroline SE Homer

Resources

Infographic on Impact of Midwives Study

This infographic highlights key findings from a new study led by UNFPA, WHO and the International Confederation of Midwives, published in the Lancet Global Health on 1 December 2020. The study discusses the potential impact of increasing coverage rates of midwife delivered interventions in preventing and saving millions of maternal and newborn lives, unsafe abortions and still births.

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Ethiopian refugees in Sudan in dire need of protection, reproductive health care

calendar_today21 November 2020

A woman receives health services at a transit point in Hamdayet. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
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News

Mobile clinics treat reproductive cancers in along Ukraine’s contact line

calendar_today30 October 2020

Dr. Kyslytsia and Dr. Ieriomin stand in front of the mobile clinic they use to travel to remote and conflict-affected communities. © UNFPA Ukraine
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Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate

calendar_today21 October 2020

A midwife takes a woman's blood pressure at a family health house in rural Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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News

The future we want for women and girls

calendar_today23 October 2020

A young woman advocates to end female genital mutilation and other harmful practices in Somalia. © UNFPA Somalia
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The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2019

Publication date

Sep 2020

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

66

Annual Report

The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2019

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