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The Tuk-Tuk Nurse-Midwife: Reducing Maternal Mortality in Upper Egypt

March 27, 2013

Tuk-tuks (three-wheeled passenger motor vehicles) are helping midwives reach pregnant women in Egypt.

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Voices of Midwives: Tanzania

June 5, 2014

Watch testimonials of midwives from developing countries talking about the challenges they face in their daily life-saving work.

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Midwives save lives

September 2, 2014

South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. In a country of over 10 million, there are less than 10 fully qualified midwives to help deliver babies. The Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery is looking to change that.

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Produced by Omar Kasrawi for UNFPA

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Supermodel Liya Kebede on Protecting Vulnerable Populations

June 17, 2009

Liya Kebede, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and founder of The Liya Kebede Foundation, appeared at the UN Secretary-Generals Forum on Advancing Global Health in the Face of Crisis

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Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

26 September 2014

Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation

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Bearing witness to a revolution in women’s health and rights

01 October 2014

Munira Sha'ban, Jordan's celebrated midwife (centre), with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNFPA Director Dianne Stewart. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi

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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

29 August 2014

Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya

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Fistula survivors treated through M-Pesa mobile banking scheme in Tanzania

15 July 2014

Mama Hadija lived with obstetric fistula for over 25 years. But thanks to an innovative programme using the M-Pesa mobile banking system, she was able to undergo successful surgical treatment. Photo credit: Lisa Russell

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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

19 June 2014

Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar

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Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns

03 June 2014

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