On the eve of the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem visited Sweden, a key partner in supporting quality midwifery care worldwide.

To date, 75,438 people, including 18,860 women of reproductive age, remain displaced from Al-Hassakeh, Ar-Raqqa and Aleppo governorates. 117,132 people have returned to their areas of origin. A large number of this population has been displaced more than once.

The toll on civilians and health systems continue to mount.