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Youth-friendly services scaling up in Kazakhstan, offering critical sexual and reproductive health care
Kazakhstan
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – "It was my first time with my boyfriend. We didn’t use a condom,” 17-year-old Amina* told UNFPA at one of the youth-friendly health centres in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s biggest city.
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“Why are we excluded?": UNFPA distributes dignity kits to transgender women in Bangladesh following disastrous flooding
Bangladesh
NETROKONA/SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh – “During the flood, everyone in my village ran to seek shelter,” Ananya, a transgender woman, told UNFPA in 2022. “But we were not allowed to stay at the same shelter.”
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UNFPA mobile clinic helps women give birth safely during crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, Democratic Republic of the Congo – “We heard gunshots and fled. I was seven months pregnant,” said Tantine, a 30-year-old mother of five children from Rusayo, in the North Kivu province.
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3 months on from the earthquakes, 5 reasons women and girls in Syria and Türkiye still need your support
Panama, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye
SYRIA/TÜRKIYE – “I feel very broken. I’m trying to hold on for the sake of my children, because they are extremely exhausted after the earthquake – I don’t want anything to disturb them anymore.”
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As catastrophe grips Sudan, heroic midwives help women deliver babies in a warzone
Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sudan – “We are working all day every day across three hospitals. For women and girls who don’t have means of transportation, we go to their homes to ensure they give birth safely,” said Insaf, a midwife…
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Four reasons to stand up for mothers this Mother’s Day
UNITED NATIONS, New York – For many mothers around the world, the month of May is an annual moment for them to receive thanks and recognition for all they do.
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“I have never seen so many pregnant women in this situation”: Survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy face Mozambique’s worst cholera outbreak in two decades
ZAMBEZIA PROVINCE, Mozambique – Tropical Cyclone Freddy and widespread flooding have swept through Mozambique, killing 183 people and leaving more than 640,000 homeless. Making matters worse, in the aftermath of the…
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Population bomb, bust – or boon? New UNFPA report debunks 8 myths about a world of 8 billion
UNITED NATIONS, New York – On 15 November 2022, the world’s population reached a landmark 8 billion people. It’s a staggering number – but what does it mean? What are the implications for the lives, rights, health and…
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Young mothers in Malawi find a space safe from Tropical Storm Freddy’s catastrophic consequences
NSANJE, Malawi – “We are sleeping in the cold,” says 19-year-old Mirriam Karilito, who is seven months pregnant. “And when the rains come, it’s worse.”
Tropical Cyclone Freddy made landfall in Malawi on…
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Births don’t stop during a crisis: How one woman went into labour as Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar
MANAKARA, Madagascar – “We knew the delivery was imminent and that everything was going well... But we didn't know it was going to be today.” Georgette, a 26-year-old mother from Manakara in Madagascar, went into…
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Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022
KIGOMA, United Republic of Tanzania — Last year, 6,235 women and girls gave birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp. And not one of them died due to pregnancy or childbirth.
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Six UNFPA programmes around the world ensuring “health for all” in a world of 8 billion
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Today marks the first World Health Day that humanity will celebrate as 8 billion.
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