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Voices of Midwives: Kenya

May 10, 2014

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

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Voices of Midwives: Yemen(FR)

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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Voices of Midwives: Yemen

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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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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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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