News on Midwifery

27 Octubre 2017
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Mothers share their stories with a UNFPA staff at Ulakan Camp. © UNFPA Indonesia/Nun Sol Jang
Evacuees waiting to return home after Bali volcano alert
ULAKAN CAMP, Indonesia – Escalating volcanic activity at Mount Agung in Bali prompted Indonesian authorities to issue an SOS alert, the highest-level warning, on 22 September. By 6 October, over 139,000 people had been... Read more
20 Octubre 2017
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Horrific accounts of rape and other forms of sexual violence have been widely reported. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Naymuzzaman Prince
Sexual violence devastating, humanitarian needs mounting in Rohingya crisis
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – “My sister was killed after gang rape in front of me, and they threw hot water on my body,” Fatima*, 30, told a case worker at a UNFPA-supported women-friendly space in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh... Read more
28 Septiembre 2017
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Ahlam fue capaz de dar a luz de forma segura mediante cesárea en un centro de salud gracias a los materiales suministrados por el UNFPA. © UNFPA Yemen / Fahmia Al-Fotih
Líderes piden por acceso a suministros de salud reproductiva en situaciones de crisis
NACIONES UNIDAS, Nueva York/TAIZZ, Yemen –"Mi esposo y yo acordamos usar la planificación familiar y no tener más hijos, pero fue presionado por su familia y yo volví a quedarme embarazada", comentó Ahlam, madre de dos... Read more
25 Septiembre 2017
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Yana Duka is one of 35 cholera patients in a provisional health facility in Muna camp. She lost her pregnancy after falling ill. © UNFPA/Anne Wittenberg
Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria
Maiduguri, NIGERIA – Yana, 25, was three months pregnant when she fell sick with cholera just days ago. “I was already suffering, but then I started bleeding, and the baby is gone now,” she told UNFPA in one of the tent... Read more
14 Septiembre 2017
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UNFPA staff survey the aftermath of the disaster, which has affected thousands of households. © UNFPA/Sulaiman Stephens
Flooding, mudslides leave communities devastated, pregnant women in need
Regent, SIERRA LEONE – “I saw the rocks from the hill fly up into the air,” Martha Kamara, 28, told UNFPA, describing the floods and landslides that devastated 13 areas in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, last month.... Read more
13 Septiembre 2017
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El UNFPA facilita kits de dignidad con suministros de higiene y seguridad, así como el despliegue de parteras y el establecimiento de espacios seguros. © UNFPA Bangladesh
Mientras refugiados rohingya llegan a Bangladesh, UNFPA despliega parteras y establece espacios seguros
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Un flujo "sin precedentes" de refugiados rohingyas llegan a Bangladesh, con un número estimado de 370.000 que han cruzado la frontera desde el 25 de agosto para escapar de la última violencia en el... Read more
5 Septiembre 2017
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Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang speaks with a midwife during her antenatal check-up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge
RUMBEK, South Sudan – Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang is a teacher at a nursery and primary school in Rumbek, a town in central South Sudan. It is her dream job, but it did not come easily. Like many girls in South Sudan, Ms.... Read more
1 Septiembre 2017
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Pregnant women wait to be screened at the Kalomba health center during a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. © UNFPA DRC
Violence, fear limit access to pregnancy care in Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai area
KALOMBA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Jacqueline Lusambo is 18 and pregnant, and has spent the last six months living in the bush, hiding from the conflict that rages through Kasai Central, in the Democratic... Read more
29 Agosto 2017
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Midwife Hauwa Lassa (third from left) shows colleagues how to use UNFPA-supplied equipment to safely delivery babies. © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA
Alarming shortage of health personnel in conflict-affected Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Retired but not tired. This is how people describe Hauwa Lassa, a nurse and midwife who came out of retirement to care for women and girls affected by the conflict in north-eastern Nigeria. “I have... Read more
29 Agosto 2017
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Babita Rishidev waded for hours in murky floodwaters, carrying her 38-day-old infant. © UNFPA Nepal/Hari Bhusal
Nepal floods put pregnant women and new mothers at risk
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Devastating floods have caused widespread displacement and destruction in southern Nepal, a disaster that has put pregnant women, post-partum mothers and other vulnerable women and girls at serious... Read more

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