News

Father Aldo Marchesini and Jhpiego recognized with UN Population Award

12 June 2014

Community health worker Ozara Husseini (left) speaks with Najiba, who has five children, about family planning in Katasank, Afghanistan, as part of a Jhpiego-supported programme, in 2010. Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego

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Africa launches historic campaign to end child marriage

09 June 2014

People attend a rally opposing child marriage in Monrovia, Liberia, in 2012. Photo credit: UN Photo/Emmanuel Tobey

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Connecting mothers-to-be with health clinics in rural Zambia

04 June 2014

Olivia Kaunda (left) relaxes outside the Luvuzi maternity waiting home at the Luvuzi Rural Health Clinic. Photo credit: UNFPA Zambia/Zandonda

Press Release

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

03 June 2014

News

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

03 June 2014

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: Jhpiego/Kate Holt

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Somali midwifery school helps tackle harsh conditions for women

30 May 2014

Midwifery students graduate from the new Mogadishu Midwifery School in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: UNFPA Somalia

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Myanmar’s “red angel” midwives prepare to bring care to displaced women in Rakhine

28 May 2014

A "red angel" midwife cares for a mother and her newborn in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo credit: UNFPA/Benny Manser

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In Nigeria, fight against fistula points to problem of early marriage

27 May 2014

A fistula rehabilitation centre in Kano, Nigeria. Photo credit: APANEWS

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In Nepal, fight against obstetric fistula marches on

23 May 2014

In her village in Nepal, Pramila Chaurisiya advocates for women to receive treatment for obstetric fistula. Photo credit: UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri

Statement

Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

22 May 2014