Fourth Global Midwifery Symposium

02 June 2019

Vancouver Convention Center, Room 110

Midwives Call for an Enabling Environment to Transform Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes

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Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

22 May 2019

Farah* recently received surgical treatment for obstetric fistula. She says she can now "live a normal life." © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

21 May 2019

Keflene Yakobo is now a fistula ambassador in her community, helping other women receive treatment and reclaim their lives. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren

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Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique

29 May 2019

Ms. Nana says she wanted to work as a midwife to help improve family planning use. © UNFPA/Natalia da Luz

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Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps

14 May 2019

Without visiting the mobile clinic, Ja Htoi's condition would have gone unnoticed. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

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As Cyclone Idai batters maternity ward, midwives tirelessly save lives

May 5, 2019

This International Day of the Midwife, meet Adelaide, a midwife in Mozambique who delivered life-saving care to mothers and newborns as Cyclone Idai lashed at her maternity centre. As waters rose and the roof threatened to collapse, she delivered four babies.

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No mountain too high: Midwives protect women, save lives

03 May 2019

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Just like your mother? Seven ways motherhood has changed (or not) in the last 25 years

03 May 2019

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With coffee ceremony and midwives, mums get a happy start in rural Ethiopia

27 April 2019

Fikre Molla was happy to receive professional care before, during and after childbirth, without having to forgo traditions. © UNFPA Ethiopia

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