Expanding Sexual, Reproductive Health to Score Development Goals

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA

National Workshop on Global Midwifery: “Socialization of the Results of the International Midwifery Congress and the State of World Midwifery 2014 Report”

Every year, midwives across Indonesia respond to about 4.7 million births, more than half of them in rural settings. These committed professionals, all of them women, overcome challenges of geography, resources and staffing to provide the best possible care to mothers and their children.

UNITED NATIONS, New York, 18 November 2014 —Developing countries with large youth populations could see their economies soar, provided they invest heavily in young people’s education and health and protect their rights, according to The State of World Population 2014, published today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

UNFPA, UNICEF, the International Confederation of Midwives and

the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

The morning of 26 December, 2004, started out like any other regular Sunday for Nur Asiah.

“How far along are you?” a midwife asks a pregnant woman, making a hand gesture over her stomach.

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