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Midwives are saving lives in rural Colombia

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Midwives are saving lives in rural Colombia

Midwives are saving lives in rural Colombia

Meet Elisa, the midwife who leads the delivery room at San Andrés Hospital in Colombia.

With her team, she ensures that every woman receives quality health care while being treated with dignity and respect.

See how UNFPA supports her and other midwives around the world.

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UNFPA mobile clinic helps women give birth safely during crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Midwives working in UNFPA’s mobile clinic attend to a pregnant woman who was forced to flee her home for a temporary displacement camp in Rusayo, North Kivu province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA/Junior Mayindu
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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on the International Day of the Midwife 2023

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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

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Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan
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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

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Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provide critical maternal health care amid floods, conflict and an ongoing refugee crisis. © UNFPA Sudan
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Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

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Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

When she found out she was pregnant, Carolina was afraid to go to the hospital.

She had heard that in Brazil, women of color had been discriminated against and treated violently by healthcare staff.

Thanks to a programme supported by UNFPA and Johnson & Johnson, midwives like Leonor are now trained on how to respect and protect their patients’ reproductive rights.

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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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