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Activism, art and community as support networks for young people living with HIV in Ecuador
Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador – “The reality of Esmeraldas is complex, but this community strength, this identity that constantly dignifies itself in search of joy, makes it a beautiful place.”
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Journeys of motherhood and hope in northwest Syria
IDLIB, Syrian Arab Republic – “I felt lost, because I couldn’t get pregnant,” said Alaa Nabeel from Idlib in northwest Syria. After suffering two miscarriages in three years, she was wracked with grief.
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“We say: Yes, you can”: Facing adversity and protecting women in the Peruvian jungle
Peru
CONDORCANQUI PROVINCE, Peru – “We face torrential rains, relentless sun and long journeys from community to community,” said Dafne Aquino, 25, a psychologist dedicated to bringing hope, information and essential health…
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“A race against time”: Djamila’s journey to hospital by canoe in flood-ravaged Cameroon
Cameroon
FAR NORTH REGION, Cameroon – As Djamila* clutched her pregnant belly, the floodwaters rose around her, threatening to engulf the fragile canoe she had escaped in.
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Four ways to build positive relationships and achieve good sexual health
New York
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Everyone has the right to enjoy sexual health, and to engage in safe, satisfying and fulfilling relationships that honour their bodily autonomy and uphold gender equality. But no one is born…
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“Hope had no place in our hearts”: UNFPA mobile health teams treat pregnant women fleeing violence in Sudan
Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Under shelling and gunfire, 32-year-old Esraa cradled her newborn son. As the war in Sudan broke out in April 2023, she was trying to reach a health clinic for treatment for her baby, who had been…
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Incorporating culture into care: One Afrodescendent midwife’s journey towards ending maternal deaths in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
SIXAOLA, Costa Rica – ”How can we incorporate our ancestral practices without forgetting everything that has already been achieved in public health?”
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As Russian air strikes escalate against Ukraine, a hospital in Kyiv struggles to care for pregnant women and newborns
Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — “When the alarm went off, we were all rushed into the shelter,” said Oksana, who is 26 weeks pregnant. “Even the tiniest babies from the neonatal intensive care unit were brought down by nurses and aides…
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“It’s a burning issue”: How one midwife is harnessing new technology to support mothers and newborns in India
India
LUDHIANA, India/UNITED NATIONS, New York – As a midwife, Lovepreet Saini is always on the lookout for new ways to help mothers.
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Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, meet the midwife who stayed, delivered – and saved lives
BAMYAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – “If I had left, a mother or a baby could have died. I stayed because people, especially pregnant women, needed my support.”
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Health and humanitarian workers face record violence: Here are 5 reasons the world must take action
New York
UNITED NATIONS, New York – There were more than 1,500 attacks on health facilities last year. More than 280 humanitarians and at least 750 health workers and patients were killed. These numbers were racked up not on…
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Peer-to-peer information is power: The hotline equipping young people in Paraguay to exert their rights
Paraguay
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Hardly a day goes by when the phone doesn’t ring: Young people call and write to Paraguay’s peer-to-peer, comprehensive sexuality education hotline constantly to ask about menstruation, sexually…
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