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13 October 2025

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Reaching the last mile: Motorbike ambulances improve maternal and newborn health in rural Benin

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A row of bike ambulances in Benin. © UNFPA Benin

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Shudu Reacts: The Real Fertility Crisis

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Shudu Reacts: The Real Fertility Crisis

Should women have more children?

Is the world facing a birth rate crisis?

Let Shudufhadzo Musida, UNFPA Global Champion for Women and Girls, tell you the facts as she reacts to real comments about the real fertility crisis.

21 February 2025

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“Every pregnancy these days is a struggle”: Restoring life-saving healthcare in Gaza

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A temporary health centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is supported by UNFPA through health workers, essential medicine and equipment. © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous

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Women deliver babies on the road and under fire as catastrophe grips Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

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As violence intensifies across southeast Sudan, hundreds of thousands of people have fled Aj Jazirah State for neighbouring Gedaref State, taking refuge in cramped, makeshift camps. Credit: © UNFPA Sudan

27 November 2024

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Childbirth on the run: Amid mass exodus in Lebanon, medical support urgently needed

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Amal was born on 2 October the border as her mother fled the escalating hostilities in Lebanon. © Omaya AL Mekdad / UNFPA Syria

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Respectful maternity care in Paraguay puts women's autonomy at the centre of childbirth

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Claudelina Ortellado Portillo gave birth for the first time at age 39 in the Katuete Public Health Centre in Paraguay. © UNFPA Paraguay/Edson Riveiro

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Births don’t stop during a crisis: How one woman went into labour as Cyclone Freddy slammed into Madagascar

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Georgette and Freddy wait to be seen at the Maroalakely health centre, where UNFPA staff also helped to register the baby for a birth certificate. © UNFPA/Jean Martin

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