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Presentation: TransformU

Resource date: 2019

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News

Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

22 May 2019
Farah* recently received surgical treatment for obstetric fistula. She says she can now "live a normal life." © UNFPA Afghanistan
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News

Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

21 May 2019
Keflene Yakobo is now a fistula ambassador in her community, helping other women receive treatment and reclaim their lives. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren
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News

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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News

5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

20 May 2019
Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Updates

Columbia University Student joins Minister from Sweden at 15th Salas Memorial Lecture

14 May 2019
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News

Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps

14 May 2019
Without visiting the mobile clinic, Ja Htoi's condition would have gone unnoticed. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Video

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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