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Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

Midwifery students learn critical life-saving skills. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 12 August 2021
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  • Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

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

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
  • 03 August 2021
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  • Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

A midwife examines a pregnant woman using the portable ultrasound device. © UNFPA Kenya
  • 15 July 2021
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  • Tigray conflict decimates maternal health services, overwhelms health workers

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Tigray conflict decimates maternal health services, overwhelms health workers

Ms. Merhawit (right) sits with her aunt at the maternity ward in Suhul Hospital, Shire. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo
  • 07 July 2021
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  • With COVID-19 heralding possible fertility changes, leaders must urgently support women’s rights and choices

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

A mobile health clinic, supported by UNFPA and the Spotlight Initiative, brings critical family planning and other services to underserved parts of Mozambique. ©UNFPA Mozambique/Mbuto Machili
  • 08 July 2021
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  • Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

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Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia
  • 06 July 2021
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  • As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

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As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

Mastura Zia provides maternal health services to Afghan returnees, many of them deported from neighbouring Iran. © Zaeem Abdul Rahman/UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 23 June 2021
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  • After giving birth under a bridge amid hurricane wreckage, recovery remains a distant prospect for Honduran mother

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After giving birth under a bridge amid hurricane wreckage, recovery remains a distant prospect for Honduran mother

A pregnant woman receives care at a shelter in the aftermath of two devastating storms in Honduras. © UNFPA Honduras
  • 03 June 2021
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  • Piloting drones to deliver life-saving products for women in rural Botswana

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Piloting drones to deliver life-saving products for women in rural Botswana

Health staff and officials gather around the drone at Lecheng Clinic, one of the four health facilities chosen for the pilot project. © UNFPA Botswana
  • 24 May 2021
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  • After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR
  • 07 June 2016
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