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Bitter cold hits flood survivors in Nepal
Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Four months after landslides and flooding devastated much of mid-western Nepal, thousands of survivors are now enduring bitter winter temperatures. “I do not have enough clothes to protect myself…
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Young Mozambican activists call on leaders to support reproductive health efforts
Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique – Young people in Mozambique face stiff challenges in accessing sexual and reproductive health information and services, but the efforts of youth activists and peer educators are making a difference.…
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A safe haven for pregnant women in Somalia
Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Health services are limited in the Hodan displacement camp, a dusty settlement in Mogadishu. Two years ago, camp resident Sharifa Abdullahi lost her first pregnancy to complications. She feared her…
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Midwives help lower Afghanistan's towering maternal death rate
Afghanistan
NEW YORK/KABUL – Boosting the ranks of midwives has helped to lower Afghanistan’s towering maternal and newborn death rates, a new report shows. Decades of grinding conflict and repressive attitudes towards women had…
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Mobile app promises to speed Ebola response in Guinea
Guinea
As the Ebola epidemic continues to ravage parts of West Africa, health officials are intensifying their efforts on the ground. Now included in their arsenal is a mobile phone application that promises to speed their…
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A mother in Zimbabwe delivers four “miracle” babies
Zimbabwe
CHIPINGE DISTRICT, Zimbabwe – It started out like any other delivery. When 24 -year-old Elizabeth Moyana went into labour in her village, Mabeya, near Zimbabwe’s border with Mozambique, she wanted only to give birth to…
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UN calls for intensified efforts to end fistula
UNITED NATIONS, New York – The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for increased actions to end obstetric fistula. The largely preventable condition is estimated to afflict some 2 million…
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How to be a man: Bolivian men and boys work to eliminate gender-based violence
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
LA PAZ, Bolivia – “Being better men can eradicate abuse," said Marco Antonio Barrero, the mayor of Camargo, a small Andean town in Bolivia. Violence against women – one of the world’s most prevalent human rights…
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USAID and UNFPA collaborate on Supply Chain
Coordinated supply planning between development partners helps achieve greater efficiencies and reduces global supply risks for family planning commodities.
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Strengthening support for the war-weary women of South Sudan
South Sudan
JUBA/NEW YORK – No reliable figures chart the current suffering of women and girls in South Sudan, but one can reliably say that the new country is one of the worst places on earth for their health and well-being. UNFPA…
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Displaced Iraqi health workers empowered to serve community
Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq – Dr. Suhair Abdul Alghffar, an obstetrician in Iraq, understands the hardships her patients face, having essentially walked in their shoes. She is one of an estimated 2 million people thought who are…
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Girl leaders come together to advocate for their rights in Mozambique
Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique – “Adolescent girls have rights and potential,” declared 15-year-old Catia Zefanias Uamusse, at the opening of the National Girls’ Conference in Maputo, Mozambique, in mid-November. “We ought to be in…
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