News

“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

calendar_today24 April 2023

UNFPA has procured and installed tents to serve as temporary health facilities in areas where health clinics have been destroyed in Mozambique. © UNFPA Mozambique.
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News

Soaring violence, fuel crisis and a cholera outbreak: Haiti in the grip of a “humanitarian catastrophe”

calendar_today13 October 2022

Women carry containers of propane gas during a demonstration in Port-au-Prince. Protests and looting have rocked an already unstable situation since fuel price hikes were announced in early September, with three–quarters of hospitals reported to be closed and essential services dangerously undermined across the country. © RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images
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Press release

Women and girls among those most impacted by Haiti’s multiple crises

calendar_today13 October 2022

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News

Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria

calendar_today25 September 2017

Yana Duka is one of 35 cholera patients in a provisional health facility in Muna camp. She lost her pregnancy after falling ill. © UNFPA/Anne Wittenberg
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News

Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak puts pregnant women in danger

calendar_today21 July 2017

Dr. Farea at 22 May Hospital, in Sana’a, checks in on Ibtisam, a pregnant woman with cholera. © UNFPA Yemen
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Video

UNFPA Haiti helps to prevent cholera in HIV sufferers

calendar_today07 January 2011

UNFPA Haiti helps to prevent cholera in HIV sufferers

UNFPA Haiti helps to prevent cholera in HIV sufferers

UNFPA Haiti Works to Prevent Cholera in People Living with HIV:  People with compromised immune systems are particularly vulnerable to the cholera epidemic that has already affected hundreds of thousands. The right supplies and information can help keep the epidemic at bay.

Video

UNFPA in Haiti helps to prevent cholera...

calendar_today07 January 2011

UNFPA in Haiti helps to prevent cholera...

UNFPA in Haiti helps to prevent cholera...

UNFPA Haiti Works to Prevent Cholera in Pregnant Women:  UNFPA pays particular attention to the health of pregnant women, who are vulnerable to the  the cholera epidemic that has already affected hundreds of thousands. The right supplies and information can help keep the epidemic at bay.