Safe Motherhood Resource Kit

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On this web page, you will find updated and newsworthy information on maternal health that can be used as background for articles, feature stories, interviews and other communications.

Help Spread the Word – No Woman Should Die Giving Life (short video clips)

When Mother Died,
the Family Fell Apart
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Family Planning + Maternal and Newborn Care = Saved Lives
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Look At Her
Before It's Too Late
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Fact Sheets on Maternal Health and UNFPA

Giving birth should not be a matter of life and death	\| English \| Français \| Español \| Arabic \|
Contraceptives save lives	\| English \| Français \| Español \| Arabic \|
When pregnancy harms	\| English \| Français \| Español \| Arabic \|
UN Fact Sheet on MDG 5	\| English \|
Delivering hope and saving lives: Investing in Midwifery	\| English \|
Add it Up: Update	\| English \|
Health 4+: Working with countries to improve maternal and newborn health	\| English \|

Press Releases

UNFPA Intensifies Lifesaving Support for Mothers’ Needs in Horn of Africa
Adequate Midwifery Could Save 3.6 Million Lives, New Report Shows
New Commitments to Save Women and Children
UNFPA Tackles Urgent Health Needs of Refugees Fleeing Libya
Liberia Launches Ambitious Five-Year Plan to Reduce Maternal and Newborn Deaths
UNFPA Calls for Renewed Efforts to Support Women and Youth in Haiti

Publications

	State of the World's Midwifery 2011
	Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2010
	2010 Global Campaign Report
	Trends in Maternal Mortality:1990-2008. Estimates developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank
	Adding it Up in 2009: The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health
	Focus on 5 - Women's Health and the MDGs
	State of World Population 2010
	Healthy Expectations: Celebrating Achievements of the Cairo Consensus and Highlighting the Urgency for Action

Stories from the field


Midwives Are Key to Safe Deliveries for Afghani Women
Scaling-up Access to Long-term Family Planning Methods in Northern Ethiopia
More Bangladeshi Mothers Get Vital Care During Childbirth
Working Against All Odds to Improve Maternal Health in DRC
Dadaab Population Swells as Hungry and Weary Families Arrive from Somalia
Independence: Birth of — and in — a New Nation
Preparing a New Nation to Deliver: Training midwives in South Sudan
Improving Midwifery Services in Tajikistan
New Cadre of Laotian Midwives Saving Lives
Stories of Midwives: Voices from the Field
Midwives Deliver in Uzbekistan
Using Mobile Phones to Tackle Fistula in Tanzania
Training Midwives to Care for the Mothers of South Sudan
Reaching Out to Minorities in Viet Nam with Midwives who Speak their Language
School for Husbands’ Encourages Nigerien Men to Improve the Health of Their Families
Interview with Dr. Catherine Hamlin: Pioneer in Fighting Fistula
Artists Voice their Support to Improved Maternal Health in Tanzania
India Steps up to the MDG 5 Challenge
Stories and Strategies Behind Recent Reductions in Maternal Mortality
Preventing Teenage Pregnancy in Ecuador
Stories of Mothers Saved: African Mothers Sending Messages to Heads of States
Back to life: Fighting Obstetric Fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Breaking the Silence about Maternal Death in Sierra Leone
Recruiting Ethnic Minority Midwives to Meet Mothers' Needs in Remote Areas of Viet Nam
Scaling Up Access to Family Planning in Southern Ethiopia
Finding Ways to Deliver for Women where Doctors are in Short Supply
Bolivia: Training Midwives to Treat Indigenous Mothers with Respect

Videos and Multimedia

Every Woman, Every Child video

Mbathio Lo: Victory over Fistula in Senegal

Midwives Deliver Quality Health Services to Families in Uzbekistan

Midwives in South Sudan

Midwives Make Childbirth Safer in Ifugao

Counting on each other in a world of 7 Billion

Community Midwifery Takes Hold in Laos

Slideshow: State of the World’s Midwifery

Investing in Reproductive Health to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Panama

Reducing Maternal Mortality in Ngöbe-Buglé, Panama [en Español]

Encuentro de mujeres indígenas

Ghana: Midwives Deliver

Improved Reproductive Health Services for Iraqis in Jordan

Breaking Silent Suffering: A Documentary on Obstetric Fistula in Uganda

Back to life: Midwives help preventing fistula in Timor-Leste

Helping Cambodians Plan Their Families

UNFPA Haiti Works to Prevent Cholera in Pregnant Women

Giving Life a Chance: UNFPA Responds to Floods in Pakistan

Birth amid Chaos in Gaza

Stories of Mothers Saved: Hear from women around the world who have survived childbirth under harrowing conditions

Midwives Deliver: How Midwives in Ghana are Saving Women's Lives

Invest in Women: It Pays

Saving Haiti's Mothers

La Chirurgie De l"espior [French with English Subtitles]

Resources for Broadcasters

Contact Information

New York
Katja Iversen
iversen@unfpa.org
Tel. +1 212 297 5141

Sub-Saharan Africa Hugues Kone (Dakar)
kone@unfpa.org
Tel. +221-33 889 0338
+221-77 569 7623

Adebayo Fayoyin (Johannesburg)
fayoyin@unfpa.org
Tel. +27 11 603 5308
Mobile: +27 79 517 0320

Asia and the Pacific
William A. Ryan
ryanw@unfpa.org
Tel. +66 2 288 244

Latin America and the Caribbean Jorge Grullon
grullon@unfpa.org
Tel: +50 73 055 500

Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Raquel Wexler
wexler@unfpa.org
Tel. +1 212-297-5073