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Serving on the COVID-19 frontlines – India’s nurse-midwives save lives across the entire life cycle
BELAGAVI / KOTTAYAM / THIRUVANTHAPURAM, INDIA - When Sugandha Sadappa met her three-year-old daughter after 21 days, she couldn’t hold back her tears. ‘I had been on duty for seven straight days and... Read more
Mother, midwife and super typhoon survivor joins the COVID-19 fight for pregnant women
Faithjoy “Joy” Abuyabor, is a 41-year-old registered midwife. While helping pregnant women is her vocation, Joy herself too is five (5) months pregnant now. “I need to get a 4D ultrasound test for my... Read more
COVID-19 is highlighting global neglect of pregnant women and midwives
This piece was originally published by the World Economic Forum on the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May 2020 When COVID-19 hit Iran, midwife Niloufar Ghassemi’s job became even more... Read more
China's heroic midwives: Personal stories from the COVID-19 frontlines
2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. 5 May is the International Day of the Midwife (IDM). The theme of this year’s IDM celebration set by the International Confederation of... Read more
The midwife and the pandemic: A Sri Lanka story
COLOMBO, 5 May - Malani Rathanayaka has been a midwife for 20 years, but in the last few weeks her work has changed beyond recognition thanks to COVID-19. At her last clinic in early April some 30... Read more
How is COVID-19 impacting midwifery in Lao PDR? We find out.
Meet our four amazing midwives in Lao PDR, as they explain how COVID-19 has brought new challenges to their life-saving work Lotchana Nonpasith’s story Lotchana Nonpasith has been a midwife in Lao... Read more
International Day of the Midwife: Protecting Mothers and Babies in Cambodia
Pert Vorn, a midwife working in rural Cambodia, remembers a time when women in villages throughout the country had no access to proper sexual or reproductive care. Women would give birth on straw... Read more
Personal Protection Equipment will protect frontline workers in Lao PDR
VIENTIANE, LAO PDR, 30 April 2020 - To protect health workers and ensure they continue to serve communities especially for maternal health during COVID-19, measures of hygiene and physical distancing... Read more
In India's Bihar state, lifesaving support for pregnant women and new mothers amid COVID-19
PATNA, INDIA - Like the vast majority of countries across the world, India too is battling the COVID-19 pandemic, and is currently under lockdown. The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) in the state... Read more
Addressing gender-based violence alongside the COVID-19 pandemic in Viet Nam
QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIET NAM, 29 April 2020 – The “Anh Duong” (Sunshine) House Shelter for the provision of essential services to survivors of violence against women and girls was jointly launched... Read more