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Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

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Shahla Oruzgani, head midwife at Kabul's Malalai Maternity Hospital, attends to a newborn. ©UNFPA Afghanistan

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Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

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A Midwifery Helpline worker walks a caller through a procedure over the phone © UNFPA Afghanistan

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A pilot programme in Myanmar provides both menstrual health support and economic opportunity

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Women produce menstrual pads as part of a pilot programme with a double impact: distributing hygiene products to people in need and giving women a chance to earn income. © UNFPA Myanmar

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Apr 2021

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Bodily autonomy: a cornerstone for achieving gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights

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Iceland and UNFPA sign a $7 million agreement to help eliminate obstetric fistula in Sierra Leone

calendar_today05 January 2022

Nurses at Aberdeen Women’s Centre with a fistula patient, in the western region of Sierra Leone. Iceland will help the hospital build its capacity to eliminate fistula in Sierra Leone. © UNFPA Sierra Leone

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Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

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Midwifery students at Madagascar's Interregional Training Institute for Paramedics. ©UNFPA Madagascar

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Reclaiming bodily autonomy for persons with disabilities in Kazakhstan

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A booklet on reproductive health was produced in Braille and distributed to libraries and schools for the visually impaired in Kazakhstan. © UNFPA/Kazakhstan

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Ensuring Human Rights in Burkina Faso, one baby at time

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Every newborn in Burkina Faso gets a bracelet with a unique code that links to their digital birth certificate. © UNFPA Burkina Faso

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Mobile health units are saving lives in Libya

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Teams of health care workers, including obstetricians/gynaecologists and midwives, serve two-month stints at various facilities throughout Libya to help address shortages in personnel. © UNFPA Libya

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Drones to transport maternal health medicines to rural Benin

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Midwife Germaine Balogoun and colleague offloading health products from the drone, at Firou maternity yard, Department of Atacora, Benin. © UNFPA/Olympia de Maismont

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Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

A pilot programme in Myanmar provides both menstrual health support and economic opportunity

Bodily autonomy: a cornerstone for achieving gender equality and universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights

Iceland and UNFPA sign a $7 million agreement to help eliminate obstetric fistula in Sierra Leone

Training midwives in Madagascar to bridge a dangerous gap in maternal health care

Reclaiming bodily autonomy for persons with disabilities in Kazakhstan

Ensuring Human Rights in Burkina Faso, one baby at time

Mobile health units are saving lives in Libya

Drones to transport maternal health medicines to rural Benin

Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

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