Investing in Midwives 
Learn more about the joys and challenges of their lives in Stories of Midwives.
Additional Midwifery Resources
News and Features
- 20 June 2011
Stories of Midwives: Voices from the Field - 17 June 2011
Midwives Deliver in Uzbekistan - 20 May 2011
New Commitments to Save Women and Children - 19 May 2011
Training Midwives to Care for the Mothers of South Sudan - 05 May 2011
Midwives Deliver - And Not Only Babies - 05 May 2011
Celebrating the Essential Work of Midwives - 09 June 2010
In their Own Words: Eight Perspectives on Midwifery - 07 June 2010
Consensus Forged on a Strategy to Strengthen Midwifery in Developing Countries - 25 March 2010
South Asian Midwives Meet to Plan Better Maternal Health Care - 03 May 2009
Bolivia: Training Midwives to Treat Indigenous Mothers with Respect - 22 September 2008
New UNFPA-Supported Initiative Expands Midwives' Efforts to Save Women and Newborns - 05 May 2008
International Day of the Midwife - 27 March 2008
On the Front Lines of the Struggle to Save Mothers' Lives - 05 May 2006
World Needs Midwives More Than Ever to Keep More Women, Babies Alive, Say Global Health Actors on International Midwives Day - 07 April 2006
Shortage of Midwives Should be Tackled Urgently, Says UNFPA for World Health Day
Executive Director Statements
Press Kit
- Press release - English French Spanish Arabic Russian
- Fact sheet about the report - English French
- Fact sheet on midwifery - English
- Knowledge summary about midwifery - English
- Profiles of midwives - English
- List of spokespersons - English
- UNFPA fact sheet about maternal health - English French Spanish Arabic
- Videos for broadcasters:
Related Web Links
- Safe Motherhood
- Safe Motherhood Resource Kit
- Midwives
Relevant Background Publications
- Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2008
- Countdown to 2015
- Adding It Up - The Costs and Benefits of Investing in Family Planning and Maternal and Newborn Health.
- Investing in Midwives and Others with Midwifery Skills
- Scaling up the Capacity of Midwives to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity (UNFPA, 2006)
- Maternal Mortality Update 2006: Expectation and Delivery: Investing in Midwives and Others with Midwifery Skills (UNFPA, 2007)
- Midwifery in the Community: Lessons Learned (UNFPA, 2006)
Videos
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Community Midwifery Takes Hold in Laos |
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Midwives Make Childbirth Safer in Ifugao |
Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines |
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Slideshow: State of Midwifery |
Midwives in South Sudan |
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Midwives Deliver Quality Health Services to Families in Uzbekistan |
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