News

From fear to gratitude at a maternity hospital in Uzbekistan

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UNFPA provides modern medical equipment and trains healthcare workers across Uzbekistan to ensure that every childbirth is safe, even in emergency cases. © UNFPA Uzbekistan/Guzaliya Nugmankhodjayeva
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News

Amid Sudan’s grinding war, maternity hospital offers a beacon of hope

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Kosti Maternity Hospital, supported by UNFPA, manages an average of 15 childbirths every day. ©UNFPA Sudan
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News

With maternity centres under attack, more women are at risk of dying in pregnancy and childbirth in Ukraine

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With support from UNFPA, the maternity ward of the Kherson City Perinatal Centre was rebuilt within a bunker, ensuring women can give birth in safer conditions despite ongoing attacks. © UNFPA Ukraine /Olha Lavryk
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News

Wrapping up 2025: Good news stories from a bad year

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Adolescent girls at the UNFPA-supported Ndenguma safe space Nsanje District, southern Malawi, where they learn about the dangers of early marriage and teenage pregnancy and have access to contraceptives.© UNFPA Malawi/Thoko Chikondi
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Events

Universal Health Coverage Day

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Updates

UNFPA secures new support to accelerate advocacy for maternal and newborn health

calendar_today10 December 2025

A midwife with a newborn at Sennar Hospital in southeastern Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan
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Video

This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

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This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

Imagine going into labour while you’re starving and your local hospital is destroyed.

To help women in Gaza facing this horrific situation, a UNFPA mobile clinic is providing life-saving care.

See what it means to mothers in need.

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Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

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Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

As pregnant women are displaced and traumatized by the ongoing war in Sudan, see how Hager holds her community together from her small home clinic.

News

In Paraguay, nurse Mariel Díaz delivers culturally-sensitive healthcare to indigenous communities

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Mariel Díaz Flores, 37, says that she could finish her nursing degree thanks to family planning services. © UNFPA Paraguay/Pedro Ferreira.
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