Climate Change Hurts Mothers and Babies. Midwives Are on the Frontlines.
As rising heat and disasters affect pregnancy and birth outcomes, midwives are working to ensure a safer, more sustainable future.
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MSF Launches Mass Vaccination Campaign Amid Deadly Hepatitis E Outbreak in South Sudan
As hepatitis E spreads in flooded Old Fangak in South Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) aims to vaccinate over 12,000 women and girls against the deadly disease.
Providing Care for Flooded Areas of Puerto Rico
Direct Relief and La Fondita de Jesús collaborated to bring primary healthcare services to an underserved metropolitan area in Puerto Rico vulnerable to flooding.
Midwives in Bangladesh bring hope to survivors of Cyclone Mocha in world’s largest refugee camp
As Cyclone Mocha battered Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees faced life-threatening pregnancy complications amid destroyed health facilities. Skilled midwives at a UNFPA hospital saved new mother Khadija, showing the vital need for maternal care when crises and climate disasters strike the displaced.