The Maternal and Newborn Health Fund: A catalyst for change

The Maternal and Newborn Health Fund (MNH Fund) is UNFPA’s flagship programme for improving maternal and newborn health and well-being.

Frequently Asked Questions

The goal of UNFPA is ensure reproductive rights for all. To accomplish this, UNFPA works to ensure that all people, especially women and young people, are able to access high-quality sexual and reproductive health services, including voluntary family planning, so that they can make informed and voluntary choices about their sexual and reproductive lives.

Humanitarian Thematic Fund

The health and human rights needs of women and young people escalate dramatically in a crisis. Every day in humanitarian settings, more than 500 women and girls die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

State of World Population 2012

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

01 January 2012

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

128

State of World Population

State of World Population 2012

By Choice, Not By Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development

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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings

Publication date

01 January 2009

Author

UNFPA, Save the Children USA

Number of pages

92

Publications

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings

A Companion to the Inter-Agency Field Manual on Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings

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The State of the World's Midwifery 2011

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

01 January 2011

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

180

State of the World's Midwifery

The State of the World's Midwifery 2011

Delivering Health, Saving Lives

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Report cover with title text

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

2014

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

228

State of the World's Midwifery

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014

A Universal Pathway. A Woman's Right to Health

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H6 Partnership

The H6 partnership (formerly H4+) harnesses the collective strengths of the UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO, UNAIDS, and the World Bank Group to advance the Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) Global Strategy and support country leadership and action for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health.

Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2013

Publication date

12 September 2014

Author

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, the World Bank and the United Nations Population Division

Number of pages

56

Publications

Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2013

Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, the World Bank and the United Nations Population Division

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Choices not Chance

Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

12 September 2013

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

34

Publications

Choices not Chance

UNFPA Family Planning Strategy 2012-2020

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