Midwives could help prevent nearly two thirds of maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths worldwide. 👩🍼
But they need adequate funding and support.
See how UNFPA is working to ensure #SafeBirth.
unf.pa/idm
#DayoftheMidwife UNFPA London
International Day of the Midwife⚕️
Today, we celebrate the guardians of life who know that every unborn child is a gift to the world.
To the midwives who defend the dignity of life from its very existence. Today, we celebrate you and your vocation.
#IDM #Midwifery
🚨 The world needs more #midwives.
Yet severe humanitarian funding cuts will make the life-saving work of current midwives even harder.
See how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is supporting their crucial role worldwide: unf.pa/idm
#GlobalGoals
In summer, light extends further each day. We call this lingering daylight the simmer dim. To walk in the simmer dim is to be suspended between day and night. In the stillness it seems worlds combine, boundaries of the everyday are thinner and there is magic everywhere #Shetland
30yrs ago: Couldn’t tell the time, homeless, told to give up education
21yrs ago: White House & UN speaker for underprivileged children
14yrs ago: Became a Doctor
This year became a Consultant facial surgeon & father
Be all that you can be, you alone write your story
Milestone met. The journey continues...
Novak Djokovic has become just the 3rd player to record 100 match-wins at Wimbledon, after 9-time champion Martina Navratilova and 8-time champion Roger Federer 🌱
#Wimbledon