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Apr 2022

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The A-Compass: The UNFPA adaptive management model

Acceleration for transformative results

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War in Ukraine shocks global food supply, putting lives at risk

calendar_today27 April 2022

A young mother and her baby are weighed before being examined for malnutrition at UNFPA-supported Marib General hospital in Yemen, a country that relies heavily on food imports. Skyrocketing food prices have increased the number of people in need of food assistance from 16.2 million in 2021 to 19 million people in 2022. © UN/Giles Clarke

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Hope on wheels: Emergency maternal health units reach farthest corners of the Philippines

calendar_today19 April 2022

The fishing village of Saint Bernard, in the Southern Leyte Province of the Philippines, saw widepsread destruction from Super Typhoon Rai in December 2021, with hundreds of thousands displaced and many homes obliterated by the storm. © UNFPA/Ezra Acayan

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Risk of sexual violence, unintended pregnancy soars in crisis settings, new report highlights

calendar_today12 April 2022

UNFPA is providing post-rape treatment kits and other essential health supplies in South Sudan. Sexual violence has been widespread since hostilities erupted last month. © UNFPA/Tim McKulka

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Swedish Parliamentarians gain insight into UNFPA-supported work in Zambia

calendar_today18 April 2022

In March, a Swedish delegation paid a virtual visit to the UNFPA-backed Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) supported safe houses for adolescent girls. The YWCA reaches over 8,000 girls and 4,500 boys each year.

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In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

calendar_today07 April 2022

Shakila Parvin, a midwife in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, helped a woman pregnant with twins deliver during heavy flooding that submerged the health facility's maternity ward, knocked out power and destroyed or damaged equipment and supplies. © UNFPA Bangladesh

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In a deadly typhoon’s wake, a women-led mobile facility meets sexual and reproductive health needs

calendar_today14 March 2022

The Women's Health on Wheels facility in Saint Bernard in Typhoon Rai/Odette-affected Southern Leyte was stationed next to a school compound being used as an evacuation camp. The team held a day for pregnant women who were provided with sexual and reproductive health services and gender-based violence information sessions. © UNFPA Philippines

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UNFPA

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Mar 2021

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UNFPA

Number of pages

140

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Obstetric Fistula & Other Forms Of Female Genital Fistula

Guiding principles for clinical management and programme development

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Free maternal services are a lifeline to expectant mothers in Yemen

calendar_today24 March 2022

A midwife hands Saba her newborn son. Saba lost two earlier pregnancies because of a lack of obstetric care in a country where only half of health facilities are operational and only two out of 10 functional health facilities provide maternal and child health services. © UNFPA Yemen

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Midwives ensure life-saving reproductive health care for women returning to Afghanistan

calendar_today31 March 2022

Midwife Zul Haja displays some of the reproductive health care supplies she provides for women at the Zero Point clinic in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, on the border with Pakistan. © UNFPA/Stenly Sajow

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The A-Compass: The UNFPA adaptive management model

Acceleration for transformative results

War in Ukraine shocks global food supply, putting lives at risk

Hope on wheels: Emergency maternal health units reach farthest corners of the Philippines

Risk of sexual violence, unintended pregnancy soars in crisis settings, new report highlights

Swedish Parliamentarians gain insight into UNFPA-supported work in Zambia

In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

In a deadly typhoon’s wake, a women-led mobile facility meets sexual and reproductive health needs

Obstetric Fistula & Other Forms Of Female Genital Fistula

Guiding principles for clinical management and programme development

Free maternal services are a lifeline to expectant mothers in Yemen

Midwives ensure life-saving reproductive health care for women returning to Afghanistan

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Acceleration for transformative results

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