Myanmar’s “red angel” midwives prepare to bring care to displaced women in Rakhine

28 May 2014

A "red angel" midwife cares for a mother and her newborn in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo credit: UNFPA/Benny Manser

The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

09 May 2014

From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.

05 May 2014

A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+

05 May 2014

23 April 2014

A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton

16 April 2014

Jennifer Ikokole attends to an expectant mother at UNFPA's maternity tent. Photo credit: UNFPA/Kenneth Odiwuor

08 April 2014

Midwifery students perform a demonstration using materials donated by UNFPA in Kampala, Uganda. Photo © Photo credit: UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi