Ukrainian First Responders Learn Life-Saving Birth Skills in Lviv
The Ukrainian Midwives’ Union is training paramedics and other first responders to support women giving birth in emergency settings. From Direct Relief
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“She Has Given Us a Sense of Security”: The Humanitarian Midwives Deployed to Sudan’s Blue Nile State
In Sudan’s Blue Nile State, UNFPA-trained midwives like Sa’aida and Safya deliver babies, refer complicated cases, and track pregnant women camp to camp amid displacement and flooding, offering safe births and reassurance where health facilities have collapsed and funding has fallen short.
Midwife Nadia Gramby Brings Birth Care Home to Alabama
One of roughly 1,200 Black midwives practicing in the U.S., Nadia Gramby drives hundreds of miles across Alabama to bring prenatal, birth, and postpartum care directly to families in underserved communities, continuing a tradition of Black midwifery in the South.
“Midwifery Is Where Humankind Begins!”
South Sudan suffers from a drastic shortage of skilled birth attendants. International Medical Corp’s Senior Midwife Supervisor Chuol Ker Yat Pan is one of a growing cohort of midwives helping to fill the gap.
Women Leading in the Humanitarian World
Direct Relief shines a spotlight on four women leading in the humanitarian space.