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Front-line midwives: Three reasons to support these humanitarian health workers amid a global funding crisis

In the delivery room of the Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a team of midwives assist a displaced woman who has just given birth. © UNFPA DRC / Jonas Yunus DRC
  • 02 May 2025
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Statement

Midwives on the front line: Health workers, humanitarians, heroes

01 May 2025

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News

Every two minutes a woman dies in pregnancy and childbirth: Tackling a global maternal health crisis

Sajni, 20, received antenatal care at a UNFPA-supported mobile medical camp in a displacement camp in Sindh, Pakistan. © UNFPA Pakistan/Shehzad Noorani
  • 07 April 2025
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Press Release

UNFPA and Partners Launch Midwifery Accelerator to Confront Maternal Health Crisis

07 April 2025

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Speech

Remarks by Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director at the CPD58 High-Level Side Event: Improving Health and Well-being for Women and Newborns

07 April 2025

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Publication

The Midwifery Accelerator: expanding health care for women and newborns

Publication date: 07 Apr 2025

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

Investing in skilled midwives to save lives and brighten futures in Yemen

A UNFPA-supported programme to train future midwives at a higher education institute in Aden, Yemen. ©UNFPA Yemen
  • 10 February 2025
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Midwives are caring for displaced pregnant women in Chad

Published on: 18/02/2025

Florence is a midwife supported by UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—in Chad.

Over 13,000 people, including many pregnant women, have been displaced by severe flooding across the country. 

Now more than ever, her life-saving work is necessary.

See how Florence is making motherhood safer for pregnant women affected by this humanitarian crisis.

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Bridging worlds: A Bolivian midwife blends traditional practices with modern medicine for safer childbirth

Ana Choque, a midwife with over 45 years of experience, at the Regional Intercultural Symposium on the Maternal Health of Indigenous Women in Mexico. Credit: © UNFPA LACRO / Adrián Ibáñez
  • 29 January 2025
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News

Boosting trust and skilled birth attendance in Cameroon’s health facilities

Midwife Stella Tchiwobe outside the UNFPA-supported health facility in Bana, in western Cameroon. Credit: UNFPA Cameroon
  • 02 October 2024
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