Mobile health teams bring critical services to women in remote Afghanistan

03 September 2020

A mobile health team midwife provides health services to a remote community. © ARCS Afghanistan

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Sweden and UNFPA join forces to protect mothers and babies from COVID-19 in Sudan

13 May 2020

UNFPA-trained midwives are helping prevent COVID-19 infection and to deliver babies in Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan/Soufian Abdul-Mouty

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Supporting mothers, midwives in the COVID-19 pandemic

May 4, 2020

With health systems stretched, movement restrictions in place and concerns about disease exposure in health-care settings, mothers and midwives are risking their own health and lives to bring new life into the world. See more: unfpa.org/DeliverNow

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Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

05 May 2020

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Midwives lost to COVID-19

May 4, 2020

This International Women's Day, UNFPA mourns the tragic loss of three heroic midwives amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

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Celebrating Iran's midwives on the International Day of the Midwife

May 4, 2020

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Mothers, midwives risking their lives to bring new life into the world

04 May 2020

The pandemic has introduced danger and uncertainty to the start of motherhood. Clockwise from top left: © UNFPA DRC, © China Maternal and Child Health Association, © Ethiopian Midwives Association, © UNFPA Honduras, © ZHIAN health organization, © Vojislav Gushevski, © UNFPA Albania

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Ethiopia's midwives grapple with the COVID-19 while ensuring safe delivery

14 April 2020

“I will not succumb to short-lived challenges and give up,” says Dawit Mequanint, a midwife in Ethiopia. © Ethiopian Midwives Association

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Protecting midwives to keep women and babies safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic

07 April 2020

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Maternal deaths declining in Morocco thanks to midwives, but more support needed

14 February 2020

Khadija Bahzad holds a baby she delivered in Marrakech. Ms. Bahzad is a midwifery trainer, strengthening the skills of other midwives in the country. © UNFPA

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