Midwives make motherhood safer

Published on: 05/05/2024

Join UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, to celebrate the heroes who protect the health and rights of mothers and babies around the world. Learn more.

15 April 2024

News

Ukrainian refugees find life-saving care – and a support network – at Moldovan hospital

Alina visits the intensive care unit where her son Mark recovered at the Gheorghe Paladi hospital. © UNFPA Moldova
  • 19 March 2024
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Speech

Opening Remarks by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, at the General Assembly ICPD30 Commemorative Event

29 April 2024

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News

Sexual violence and severe hunger surge as Sudan war passes one year

After a year of war and insecurity, a staggering 6.7 million people in Sudan need protection and response services for gender-based violence. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty
  • 12 April 2024
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Maternity hospital burns in Gaza amid ongoing war

Published on: 12/04/2024

“It is full of the smell of death."

The scenes of destruction in Gaza are unimaginable. Maternity wards emptied of patients and destroyed as life-saving maternal health supplies burn.

Pregnant women have nowhere to go to give birth safely.

See the levels of destruction and hear about the impact on pregnant women from Dominic Allen, Representative for UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Palestine on his recent visit to Khan Younis.

Resources

Haiti Situation Report #2 - 3 April 2024

Resource date: Apr 2024

Publisher: UNFPA Haiti

Resources

Haiti Situation Report #1 - 22 March 2024

Resource date: Mar 2024

Author: UNFPA Haiti

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News

Heroes in pink: Lao midwives supporting rights and saving lives

Midwifery students Apsy Kamsing (right) and Panin Chanthavong (left) work as interns at the Xieng Khouang central hospital while earning their diplomas in Lao PDR. © UNFPA Lao PDR/Fatima-Zahra Benyahia
  • 29 January 2024
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News

Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province  in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
  • 21 December 2023
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