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Ghana: Midwives Deliver

March 17, 2011

Shows the powerful transformation in Ghana's maternal health care system where investment in midwives promises to dramatically reduce maternal mortality. Profiles a midwife who overcomes cultural and distance barriers to encourage facility deliveries. Producer: Allison Shigo/Co-Producer: Adrian Heinzelman Engel Entertainment

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Voices of Midwives: Kenya

April 30, 2014
State of the World's Midwifery Report 2014
Anthony Kiplagat, Kenya
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Voices of Midwives: Malawi

April 30, 2014
State of the World's Midwifery Report 2014
Enis Banda, Malawi
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Voices of Midwives: Sri Lanka

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: Nepal

May 20, 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: Burkina Faso

May 20, 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: Liberia

May 20, 2014

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

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Slideshow: State of Midwifery

May 6, 2011
Midwives do much more than deliver babies, as this slideshow, created from photos submitted by UNFPA Field Offices, reveals.
 
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Voices of Midwives: Uganda

May 20, 2014

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

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Saving lives in Syria - State of the World's Midwifery 2014

June 2, 2014
Midwives can sometimes be the only thing standing between life and death for women and children in a humanitarian crisis situation. Watch how one midwife in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan is saving the lives of women and children.