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03 June 2025
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Skilled care wipes out Zahera’s childbirth fears
Kabul, Afghanistan – For 32-year-old Zahera, childbirth had always been a source of fear. Already a mother of three, her memories of previous deliveries—one at home and two in…
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01 June 2025
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Midwife delivers baby in the middle of the desert
Herat, Afghanistan – “When the baby was born, he wasn’t breathing. I immediately cleared his airways and began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Moments later, the baby gasped, let…
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22 May 2025
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Farida's fight against fistula and stigma
Kabul, Afghanistan – Farida, a 30-year-old mother from Faryab Province, endured years of pain and stigma after a traumatic childbirth left her with an obstetric fistula. The…
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17 May 2025
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Women and girls face rising needs amid Afghanistan’s deepening crisis
Kabul, Afghanistan – Critical funding shortfalls threaten the increasing needs of crisis-affected people in Afghanistan, particularly for 7.3 million Afghans - 70 per cent of them…
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04 May 2025
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Helping women find hope and dignity in crisis
Kandahar, Afghanistan – “Each successful childbirth is a victory against all odds—poverty, trauma, displacement, and fear. We are not just delivering babies; we are helping women…
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23 April 2025
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A mother determined to safely deliver her baby
Kandahar, Afghanistan – Firoza walks for hours, her steps heavy with exhaustion but filled with determination. At just 18, she has endured the heartbreak of losing a child and the…
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13 April 2025
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Childbirths underscore necessity for maternal health care at zero point
Nangarhar, Afghanistan – Salma is from the Mohmand Dara District of Nangarhar but has lived in Pakistan with her family for 15 years. Last week, she found herself back to the soil…
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09 April 2025
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Logistics hub facilitates smooth delivery of lifesaving UNFPA supplies into Afghanistan
Balkh, Afghanistan – “I am grateful for this kit, it has all the basic things I need but could not afford, especially now after losing my husband,” said teary-eyed Zuleyha as she…
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06 April 2025
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Safe births: Joy on the other side of fear
Herat, Afghanistan - It was a cold winter day when the midday silence at the Family Health House (FHH) in Fushkan Village, Pashtoon Zarghoon District, was broken by the hurried…
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