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Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

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Midwifery students at Madagascar's Interregional Training Institute for Paramedics. ©UNFPA Madagascar

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Annual Report

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

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UNFPA’s midwifery helpline continues to operate, providing uninterrupted life-saving obstetric support to birth attendants facing pregnancy complications and dangerous deliveries. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Reproductive health supplies airlifted into quake-shattered Haiti

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Tens of thousands of pregnant women are expected to need safe delivery services in quake-affected areas in the coming weeks. © UNFPA Haiti/Samuel Lamery Pierre

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At high-level UN meeting, Afghan women call for support

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Afghan women are calling for continued support for their health, rights and families. Image courtesy of OCHA.

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Midwifery students learn critical life-saving skills. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Dr. Cairen Sangji conducts an antenatal examination for a local Tibetan woman in Yushu, Qinghai Province. Image courtesy of Yushu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital

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Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

Saving lives and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on mothers and newborns

Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

Reproductive health supplies airlifted into quake-shattered Haiti

At high-level UN meeting, Afghan women call for support

Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

Tigray conflict decimates maternal health services, overwhelms health workers

With COVID-19 heralding possible fertility changes, leaders must urgently support women’s rights and choices

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