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

03 June 2014
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Midwives could cut maternal, newborn deaths by two thirds, says new State of the World’s Midwifery

03 June 2014
<p>When properly trained and supported, midwives could provide nearly 90 per cent of sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health services needed by women and newborns. Photo credit: <i>Jhpiego/Kate Holt</i> </p>
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Somali midwifery school helps tackle harsh conditions for women

30 May 2014
<p>Midwifery students graduate from the new Mogadishu Midwifery School in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: <i>UNFPA Somalia</i> </p>
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Myanmar’s “red angel” midwives prepare to bring care to displaced women in Rakhine

28 May 2014
<p>A "red angel" midwife cares for a mother and her newborn in Yangon, Myanmar. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Benny Manser</i> </p>
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The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

09 May 2014
<p>From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. <i>Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.</i> </p>
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"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

05 May 2014
<p>A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. <i>Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+</i> </p>
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Statement

Statement for the International Day of the Midwife

05 May 2014
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Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths

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
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Midwives in South Sudan Heed Call to Save Mothers

16 April 2014
Jennifer Ikokole attends to an expectant mother at UNFPA's maternity tent. Photo credit: UNFPA/Kenneth Odiwuor
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Midwives are Key to Fewer Maternal Deaths

08 April 2014
Midwifery students perform a demonstration using materials donated by UNFPA in Kampala, Uganda. Photo © Photo credit: UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi
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