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Publication date

Sep 2021

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

56

Annual Report

Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2020

Saving lives and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on mothers and newborns

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News

Saving the lives of pregnant women amid escalating conflict in Syria

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Health workers provide information and care the Daraa National Hospital © UNFPA/SFPA
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News

Midwives continue to deliver amid uncertainty in Afghanistan

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UNFPA’s midwifery helpline continues to operate, providing uninterrupted life-saving obstetric support to birth attendants facing pregnancy complications and dangerous deliveries. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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News story

Better maternal health outcomes – and sometimes a miracle – in Guinea-Bissau

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During a pregnancy complication at seven months, Ami Campini went to two local health centres before being transported to the Regional Hospital of Buba, Guinea-Bissau and delivering a 1.3-kilogram baby girl via emergency Caesarean section. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau
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News story

Sexuality education is among teachings by monks in Bhutan

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Throughout Bhutan, monks (like here in Trashi Yangtse District) are teaching young people sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender-based violence. © UNFPA Bhutan/Tshering Penjor
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News

Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China

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Dr. Cairen Sangji conducts an antenatal examination for a local Tibetan woman in Yushu, Qinghai Province. Image courtesy of Yushu County Maternal and Child Health Hospital
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Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UN Women, UNFPA and Women Enabled International

Resources

Easy Read: Violence against People with Disabilities because of their Gender During COVID-19

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Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UNFPA and Women Enabled International

Resources

Easy Read: Some good examples of women and girls with disabilities getting their rights during COVID-19

COVID-19 is a new illness that many people in the world have been getting. Many women and girls with disabilities have not been getting their rights during COVID-19. Some governments and organizations made sure that women and girls with disabilities could still get their rights during COVID-19. This report has some good examples of women and girls with disabilities getting their rights during COVID-19.

The original version of this report is called ‘Compendium of Good Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic’.

Publication date

Jun 2021

Author

UNFPA and Women Enabled International

Resources

Easy Read: Life for women and girls with disabilities in the world during COVID-19

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News

Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya

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A midwife examines a pregnant woman using the portable ultrasound device. © UNFPA Kenya
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