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No Mother Left Behind: UNFPA’s Work in Yemen
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No Mother Left Behind: UNFPA’s Work in Yemen
In Yemen, UNFPA estimates that one woman and six newborns die every two hours of childbirth complications. But thanks to you, we reach new moms like Samia, Aisha, and Malikah, with lifesaving care so they can survive childbirth, even in…
In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths
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In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths
ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan – “On my first day at work in the camp, I cried a lot. At that time, I had not worked with refugees before, and I had no idea about their conditions,” Ammoun Kitabi, a 58-year-old midwife, told…
2021 in Review: Looking Back and Moving Forward
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2021 in Review: Looking Back and Moving Forward
The past year has been difficult for all of us. And just when it looked like we might be over the COVID hump, omicron has set us back. There’s no doubt that health care workers—who are overworked, surrounded by suffering,…
Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan
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Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan
Kabul, AFGHANISTAN  One evening in August, Firoza, a 34-year-old mother of five, was rushed to a UNFPA family health house. She was giving birth but began to experience complications. Family health houses help people in hard-to-reach areas access otherwise scarce…

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