Midwifery Specialist, P4, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Level: P-4
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Closing date: 06 Oct 2022 05:00 PM (America/New_York)
Duty station: Dhaka, Bangladesh

We are no longer accepting applications for this position.

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Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

Midwife Minaz Bibi provides midwifery services for women affected by the earthquake in the Gayan district of Paktika, Afghanistan, in June 2022. © UNFPA Afghanistan

17 August 2022

The journey to becoming a midwife in Mexico

Published on: 07/07/2022

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From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

Midwife Marie Nancy Christiane holds newborn baby Noelia after helping to deliver her in a UNFPA emergency maternity tent in Mananjary, in Madagascar’s southeastern Vatovavy region. © UNFPA/Tsiry Fy-Tia Solofomihanta

08 June 2022

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Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

Midwives in Morocco, like Amina Al Ammari, played a critical role in responding to the pandemic while also tending to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. © UNFPA Morocco

04 May 2022

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Global health systems must invest in midwives

05 May 2022

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In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

Shakila Parvin, a midwife in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, helped a woman pregnant with twins deliver during heavy flooding that submerged the health facility's maternity ward, knocked out power and destroyed or damaged equipment and supplies. © UNFPA Bangladesh

07 April 2022

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In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths

Ammoun Kitabi cradles a newborn in Zaatari camp. As a Jordanian midwife trained in Syria, she feels a deep connection to the Syrian refugees under her care. © UNFPA Jordan

10 January 2022

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Diamonds are scarce – sexual and reproductive health information shouldn’t be

Nsenga Malu has had nine children since her marriage at age 15. She was not given any information about family planning until her most recent child was born. © UNFPA DRC

14 December 2021

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$835 million needed to provide urgent sexual and reproductive health care, supplies in crisis settings

13 December 2021

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Midwives in Afghanistan defy constraints and crises to save lives of women and newborns

The journey to becoming a midwife in Mexico

From cyclones to safe births, midwives stay and deliver in Madagascar

Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

Global health systems must invest in midwives

In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

In this refugee camp, midwives have delivered over 14,000 babies with zero maternal deaths

Diamonds are scarce – sexual and reproductive health information shouldn’t be

$835 million needed to provide urgent sexual and reproductive health care, supplies in crisis settings