#Midwives are proving their vital role in uplifting healthcare system

👏In 2023, 8⃣7⃣ midwives were supported by UNFPA. They have enabled 12K+ women to adopt contraceptive methods & have carried out 115K+ safe births in 🇲🇬

🙌Let's continue to invest in these community heroes!

To date, UNFPA has supported education & training of close to half a million midwives worldwide & invested in over 1,600 midwifery schools

☑️In #Madagascar , UNFPA have supported the training of close to 1.200 midwives & invested in 7 midwifery schools.

#IDM2024

To date, UNFPA has supported education & training of close to half a million midwives worldwide & invested in over 1,600 midwifery schools

☑️In #Madagascar , UNFPA have supported the training of close to 1.200 midwives & invested in 7 midwifery schools.

#IDM2024

AWLNetwork 🇲🇬 has been engaging in a forum focused on 'Women's Leadership: Exchanges, Inspirations, Perspectives' in collaboration with UNFPA Madagascar, Maurice, Seychelles & UN Peacebuilding - Madagascar as part of the #Mahasaky project which promotes the civic & political participation of youth &🚺

移動診療所を通じて、人々が健康と保護を身近に感じられるサービスを提供してくれたパートナーである日本政府に感謝しています🇯🇵

17歳の若い母親であるフラヴィーさんは、移動診療所を利用して、超音波で子どもの健康を確認し、家族計画に関する情報を得ることができました。

上川外務大臣をはじめとする代表団は、UNFPAの主要なパートナーである人口省、保健省、フィティア協会などとともに、マダガスカルのアンタナナリボで家族計画、妊産婦の健康、ジェンダーに基づく暴力防止の恩恵を受ける人々に歓迎されました 🇲🇬🤝🇯🇵

ハレナさんはレイプが原因で妊娠し、今日初めて治療を受け、彼女自身が持つ権利について学びました。

#UNFPA は、パートナーである日本政府の支援を受けて、人々が情報やサービスを享受できるようにアウトリーチ・サービスを推進しています。

The theme of #IMD2024 is “Midwives: A Vital Climate Solution”.

📸In Madagascar🇲🇬, the national celebration took place in #Farafangana , a cyclone-prone humanitarian zone w/ focus on providing local communities esp. women w/ access to #RH & #FP care through outreach services.

During #IDM2024 , our interactive discussion w/ journalists highlighted the critical roles of #midwives in preventing maternal death & in #LifeSaving work esp. in humanitarian settings.

We pursue our joint effort to advocate for an increased number of qualified midwives in Mdg🇲🇬

#ICPD30 : from talk to action

W/ #Mahasaky project funded by UN Peacebuilding - Madagascar,UNFPA supports #WomenEmpowerment & their political & civic participation

📸 2-days capacity building on transformative leadership for AWLNetwork 🇲🇬 to accelerate change towards rights & choices for all

6 months pregnant, Zafitiana, 27, was one of the patients at the mobile clinic in Farafangana 🇲🇬 during #IDM2024 :

'I was able to have a free consultation & ultrasound. It's very useful to know if my baby is healthy. Usually it's very expensive, but today I could afford it.'

Midwives are the single most important factor in stopping mothers and babies from dying during childbirth.

This #DayOfTheMidwife , join @‌UNFPA to celebrate the heroes who make motherhood safer: unf.pa/mid

#MidwivesSaveLives

On this #IDM2024 , we celebrate all #midwives for their extraordinary work.

💪Their dedication & courage make the difference.

Beyond facilitating childbirth, they are protecting women's & girls' rights in precarious environments and during humanitarian settings due to cyclones.

No country will be able to achieve universal health coverage without comprehensive access to SRHR services
#Midwives can provide 90% of essential SRHR services,thus contributing to achieving universal health coverage
#MadagascarMatters
#IDM2024
#MauritiusMatters
#SeychellesMatter

On the sidelines of #CPD57 , UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Director Lydia Zigomo, accompanied by UNFPA Madagascar, Maurice, Seychelles Rep & Ctry Director for Comoros, Josiane Yaguibou has held bilateral talks with the delegation from Comoros🇰🇲 led by the Commissioner Gen for Planning, Mr Fouady GOULAME.

#GlobalGoals

Side-event at #CPD57 on harnessing census data, where the Commissioner General for Planning in Comoros🇰🇲, Mr Fouady Goulame is on the Ministerial panel, exchanging ideas with his peers on the transformative potential of data for smarter policies for #ICPD30 & beyond.

#AIForGood

Thru #IRF project, we educate & mobilize young ppl. to become agents of change promoting lasting #Peace in their communities.

📸Valérie & Eliza, deployed across localities in Tana🇲🇬, are undertaking group & peer discussions as well as online campaigns to foster positive change.

🚨 60 to 70% of pregnant women at Ambovombe Regional Referral Hospital in #Madagascar lose their babies because they seek medical assistance too late.

See how UNFPA—the @UN sexual and reproductive health agency—is making #motherhood safer: unf.pa/hjh

#GlobalGoals