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Yemeni midwives help deliver hope during Ramadan

01 April 2021

Midwife Rahma attends to Halima, who is due to give birth during Ramadan, at her home that has been outfitted as a maternity clinic. © UNFPA Yemen

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Dominican Republic project champions welfare of mothers amid COVID-19 pandemic

29 March 2021

Lucía García, 19, is pregnant with her third child. Despite the hardships of the pandemic, she feels more prepared for childbirth than before. © AFP/UNFPA Dominican Republic

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Sudan sees expanded life-saving reproductive health services, with women at the helm

24 March 2021

Women in the Shanisha community, in Sudan's Blue Nile State, speak about changes happening since the country's democratic transition. © UNFPA Sudan/Sufian Abdul-Mouty

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Motherhood on the brink: Pregnant women in Yemen under famine and violence

25 March 2021

Midwife Shrook Khalid Saeed tells UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem about a harrowing delivery. © UNFPA Yemen

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We must empower women and girls to claim their bodily autonomy, leaders affirm

19 March 2021

Catarina Furtado visits a new mother in a maternity ward. The right to make essential choices, such as when and whether to become a parent, and to see a doctor, must be realized for all, she said. Image courtesy of Catarina Furtado.

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Syria’s decade of conflict takes massive toll on women and girls

15 March 2021

The Syrian crisis has reached a tragic anniversary: 10 years of ceaseless conflict. © UNFPA Syria

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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

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In Yemen’s man-made catastrophe, women and girls pay the heaviest price

26 February 2021

Midwife Lena Al-Shurmani holds Abia's newborn baby shortly after delivery. Abia lost a lot of blood during childbirth. © UNFPA Yemen

Resources

Executive Summary: Implementation Manual for developing a national network of maternity units

Resource date: 01 September 2020

Author: UNFPA

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This 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.

Also in this series:

Implementation Manual for Developing a National Network of Maternity Units: Improving Emergency Obstetric And Newborn Care (EmONC)

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Pregnant women struggle to find support, stability after displacement from Tigray Region in Ethiopia

10 February 2021

UNFPA is helping to urgently recruit midwives and provide emergency supplies to support safe childbirth for displaced pregnant women. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Salwa Moussa

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