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"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

05 May 2014
<p>A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. <i>Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+</i> </p>
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Statement for the International Day of the Midwife

05 May 2014
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Midwives, emergency care key to reducing Cambodia’s maternal deaths

23 April 2014
A woman and her child in Kampong, Cambodia. Maternal death rates in Cambodia are among the worst in the region. Photo credit: WFP/Polly Egerton
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Midwives in South Sudan Heed Call to Save Mothers

16 April 2014
Jennifer Ikokole attends to an expectant mother at UNFPA's maternity tent. Photo credit: UNFPA/Kenneth Odiwuor
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Midwives are Key to Fewer Maternal Deaths

08 April 2014
Midwifery students perform a demonstration using materials donated by UNFPA in Kampala, Uganda. Photo © Photo credit: UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi
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A New Midwifery School Brings Hope to Haitian Mothers

06 November 2013
Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA
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Voices of Midwives

25 May 2013
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News

Improving Midwifery Services in Tajikistan

22 June 2011
Reproductive health center in Kulyab, Khatlon region. Photo:William Daniels/Panos Picture
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State of World’s Midwifery: New Report to Document Birth Attendance in 60 Countries

13 January 2011
A corps of skilled midwives, like these who were trained through a UNFPA-supported programme in Darfur, are key to improving pregnancy outcomes. Photo: Torr Svenson.
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Press Release

Midwives Get Motorcycles to Save Mothers' Lives in Timor-Leste

25 April 2003
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