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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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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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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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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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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.

Resources

UN resolution on fistula 2018 (A/RES/73/147)

Resource date: 17 December 2018

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The Resolution calls upon States and the international community to accelerate actions to end fistula and reiterates the need for urgent efforts and significantly increased investment to improve maternal health by addressing sexual and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health.

The document further  outlines key recommendations and actions, and calls for the development of a Global Road Map to End Fistula within a decade.

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UN report on obstetric fistula 2018 (A/73/285)

Resource date: 31 July 2018

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The United Nations Secretary-General report outlines efforts made by the international community at the global, regional and national levels to end obstetric fistula, and offers recommendations to intensify those efforts with a human rights-based approach.

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No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives

03 May 2019
Najiba works in one of the hardest-to-reach, poorest areas of Bamyan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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