News

The colour purple, changing the future of Afghan mothers

From left to right: Aqela, Masooma and Fatima, students at the Community Midwifery School in Kabul. Photo credit: Maria Blanco Lora/UNFPA.

09 May 2014

News

Caught in crisis, South Sudanese women learn to plan their families

Mothers listen to a community health worker talk about family planning in the Tomping camp in Juba, South Sudan. Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor

07 May 2014

News

Maternal deaths continue to fall, new data show

Anik, 16, with her newborn at the General Government Hospital in Tulear, Madagascar. UNFPA provides essential materials to new mothers at the hospital. Photo credit: Magnum Photos/Dominic Nahr

06 May 2014

Press Release

United Nations agencies report steady progress in saving mothers’ lives

06 May 2014

News

"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+

05 May 2014

Statement

Statement for the International Day of the Midwife

05 May 2014

Press Release

More Support Needed to Save Lives of Women and Girls in South Sudan

29 April 2014

News

Mothers, Youth Displaced by Solomon Islands Flooding

Flooding has left a broad swath of destruction in the Solomon Islands. Photo credit: UNFPA Pacific/Maha Muna

30 April 2014

News

Ready-made delivery kits save women’s lives in Cameroon

Hadja Aminatou and her newborn in a health centre in Garaou, Cameroon. Photo credit: APANEWS

24 April 2014

News

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

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

23 April 2014

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