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Yemeni midwives help deliver hope during Ramadan
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From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers
10 March 2021This document is the executive summary of the implementation manual for developing a national network of maternity units and aims to give the key messages of the manual.
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Amid pandemic and unrest, midwives undeterred in saving lives in Conakry
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2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls
28 December 2020Infographic on Impact of Midwives Study
Resource date: 01 December 2020
Author: Andrea Nove, Ingrid K Friberg, Luc de Bernis, Fran McConville, Allisyn C Moran, Maria Najjemba, Petra ten Hoope-Bender, Sally Tracy, Caroline SE Homer
This infographic highlights key findings from a new study led by UNFPA, WHO and the International Confederation of Midwives, published in the Lancet Global Health on 1 December 2020. The study discusses the potential impact of increasing coverage rates of midwife delivered interventions in preventing and saving millions of maternal and newborn lives, unsafe abortions and still births.
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UNFPA Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund
November 13, 2020The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund (MHTF) is UNFPA’s flagship programme for improving maternal and newborn health and well-being. That Thematic Fund is supported by donors committed to making childbirth safer for all women, girls and newborns. These efforts encompass the UNFPA Midwifery Global Programme, Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care development, as well as Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response, the Campaign to End Fistula.
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Midwives on the front lines working to reverse Afghanistan’s high maternal death rate
21 October 2020The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2019
Number of pages: 66
Publication date: 01 September 2020
Author: UNFPA