How Afghan Women Are Rebuilding Reproductive Health Care
In remote villages, family health houses offer life-saving care to mothers and children, from vaccinations to high-risk deliveries.
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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.
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helps Rescue Maternal Health Program for Conflict Zones
When funding cuts threatened a lifesaving initiative to reduce maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhage in conflict zones, Jacinda Ardern’s Matariki Fund stepped in to ensure the work could continue in South Sudan and Burkina Faso.
“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad Grapples with Record Floods and a Refugee Crisis, Midwives are Bridging the Divide
As Chad grapples with record floods and Sudan’s refugee crisis, heroic midwives are bridging the divide. In overcrowded camps, these UNFPA-supported healthcare workers provide critical maternal care, where women face increasing risks of complications during childbirth.
As catastrophe grips Sudan, heroic midwives help women deliver babies in a warzone
UNFPA-trained midwives are assisting pregnant women in Sudan despite ongoing violence that has crippled most health services. They provide critical care, often going directly to women’s homes when hospitals are inaccessible.