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Skilled care wipes out Zahera’s childbirth fears

calendar_today 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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Midwife delivers baby in the middle of the desert

calendar_today 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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Farida's fight against fistula and stigma

calendar_today 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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Women and girls face rising needs amid Afghanistan’s deepening crisis

calendar_today 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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Helping women find hope and dignity in crisis

calendar_today 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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A mother determined to safely deliver her baby

calendar_today 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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Childbirths underscore necessity for maternal health care at zero point

calendar_today 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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Logistics hub facilitates smooth delivery of lifesaving UNFPA supplies into Afghanistan

calendar_today 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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Safe births: Joy on the other side of fear

calendar_today 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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