Ensuring safe births after Syria’s devastating earthquakes
Maternity hospitals in Syria are under immense strain after the recent earthquakes.
UNFPA is providing vital maternal health care to ensure women give birth safely. Learn more.
Slideshow: State of Midwifery
Midwives do much more than deliver babies, as this slideshow, created from photos submitted by UNFPA Field Offices, reveals.
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Midwives in South Sudan
According to the authorities, 80 per cent of all women in Southern Sudan give birth at home, without the help of a midwife, and the region suffers from one of the highest maternal death rates in the world.
The Birth of South Sudan
The Birth of South Sudan