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Cut off from care in flooded Zimbabwe, pregnant women airlifted to safety

28 June 2019
"We lost all our belongings – including the new clothes we had bought for the baby," Tatenda Sithole, from Rusitu. © UNFPA Zimbabwe
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Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique

29 May 2019
Ms. Nana says she wanted to work as a midwife to help improve family planning use. © UNFPA/Natalia da Luz
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As Cyclone Idai batters maternity ward, midwives tirelessly save lives

May 5, 2019

This International Day of the Midwife, meet Adelaide, a midwife in Mozambique who delivered life-saving care to mothers and newborns as Cyclone Idai lashed at her maternity centre. As waters rose and the roof threatened to collapse, she delivered four babies.

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Joint operation rescues hundreds from Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique

30 April 2019
The firefighters were deployed a month ago by the Government of Brazil to help victims of Cyclone Idai. Image courtesy of Bombeiros do Brasil
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