November 11
Ethiopia: A Sisterhood of Support - Improving Maternity Care in Ethiopia's Climate Change-Ravaged Somali Region
Abeba Birhanu, a 46-year-old midwife, has spent more than half her life delivering babies at the Karamara Hospital in Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia's Somali region. Throughout… Read more »
October 14
Cameroon: Humanitarian Response Enables Safe Childbirth Amid Cameroon's Catastrophic Floods
"Our village was peaceful until these armed men appeared, sowing terror and death," Aicha* told UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, recalling a night three years… Read more »
October 03
Uganda: Female Genital Mutilation Leads to Death in Childbirth, a Preventable Tragedy Ugandan Community Members Assert
"My sister should not have passed away in the way she did," Josephine Telo told a group of women who had survived female genital mutilation. This was the practice - the mutilation… Read more »
October 01
Cameroon: Boosting Trust and Skilled Birth Attendance in Cameroon's Health Facilities
Toukam Mirabelle had been told that twin pregnancies hardly ever go beyond eight and half months, yet she was past even her regular due date. Read more »
July 30
Cote d'Ivoire: 'Bringing Smiles to Mothers and Babies' - Midwives Promote Safe Births At Nimbo Health Centre in Côte d'Ivoire
Entrepreneur Rosine Gnohou was at a prenatal check-up when the midwife she was seeing delivered some concerning news: Her amniotic fluid levels were low. Read more »
July 03
Zambia: Child Marriage, HIV and Hunger On the Rise for Women and Girls
"They don't have any food, and the teenagers can become vulnerable," said nurse Suvannah Sinakaaba, in the village of Hakankula in Zambia's Monze District. "HIV rates are quite… Read more »
June 11
Burundi: UNFPA-Supported Surgeries Help Survivors of Obstetric Fistula to Advocate for Others in Burundi
"During my contractions, my mother-in-law and my own mother refused to let me go to the health centre to give birth," Gloriose Mbonimpa told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and… Read more »
April 23
Madagascar: Hero's Journey - How UNFPA Helps Mothers in Madagascar to Access Emergency Obstetric Care
It was time to leave for the hospital. Samueline Razafindravao had intended to give birth at her home in southern Madagascar, but after encountering difficulties, decided to go to… Read more »
March 05
Mali: Mali Conflict Carries Heavy Toll for Pregnant Women Amid Rising Insecurity
"Many women come here to give birth as a last resort," said Kadiatou Karembé, a midwife at the Sominé Dolo hospital in Sévaré in Mopti, in central Mali.… Read more »
February 26
Africa: Somali Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation Advocate to Change Minds - and Lives
"I used to feel fear when it was night time," mother-of-two Nurto Abdi Osman told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Read more »
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