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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

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Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provide critical maternal health care amid floods, conflict and an ongoing refugee crisis. © UNFPA Sudan
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BRAC and UNFPA

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2023

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12

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Adolescent Empowerment at Scale: Successes and challenges of an evidence-based approach to young women’s programming in Africa

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As drought tightens its grip on Kenya, a motorcycle ambulance is helping women to access critical health care

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The motorcycle ambulance has significantly reduced the time required to deliver essential and urgent medical assistance to local communities.© UNFPA/Luis Tato
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“I never thought I would be pregnant at this age”

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María Karla Crukshank Fuentevilla, 15, speaks to Dr. Natalia Kanem at the Doña Leonor Pérez Cabrera maternity home. © UNFPA/Jorge Luis Baños
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World AIDS Day 2022

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Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

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Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

When she found out she was pregnant, Carolina was afraid to go to the hospital.

She had heard that in Brazil, women of color had been discriminated against and treated violently by healthcare staff.

Thanks to a programme supported by UNFPA and Johnson & Johnson, midwives like Leonor are now trained on how to respect and protect their patients’ reproductive rights.

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Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on World AIDS Day 2022

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Ending unmet need for family planning in a world of 8 billion: The innovations enabling access for all

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Leiliana Pereira at a virtual appointment with a gynecologist at one of Saúde das Manas’ outposts in Portel, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil
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UNFPA raises the bar for quality menstrual products

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