After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

07 June 2016

Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR

From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

10 March 2021

Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

21 October 2020

A midwife takes a woman's blood pressure at a family health house in rural Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

05 October 2020

Protection and social services remain available even during the pandemic, with precautionary measures in place. © UNFPA Afghanistan

14 September 2020

Sajia Mansoory attends to a newborn at the Malalai National Maternity Hospital.. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Zaeem Abdul Rahman

03 September 2020

A mobile health team midwife provides health services to a remote community. © ARCS Afghanistan

19 June 2020

Outreach workers visit refugee communities to help improve access to social services among the most vulnerable. © UNFPA Türkiye/Utku Tonguç Topal

27 August 2019

22 May 2019

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

10 July 2018

Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan