Press Release

Supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova teams up with UNFPA to end the stigma around women’s bodies and health

24 February 2021

Resources

Executive Summary: Implementation Manual for developing a national network of maternity units

Resource date: Sep 2020

Author: UNFPA

This document is the executive summary of the implementation manual for developing a national network of maternity units and aims to give the key messages of the manual.

Also in this series:

Implementation Manual for Developing a National Network of Maternity Units: Improving Emergency Obstetric And Newborn Care (EmONC)

News

A pandemic-born programme bolsters local health systems in Brazil

Leticia Souza Melo, a 21-year-old expecting her third child, is receiving antenatal care from a UNFPA-supported programme in Santa Cruz do Arari, Pará, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil

15 February 2021

News

Pregnant women struggle to find support, stability after displacement from Tigray Region in Ethiopia

UNFPA is helping to urgently recruit midwives and provide emergency supplies to support safe childbirth for displaced pregnant women. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Salwa Moussa

10 February 2021

News

As global cases of COVID-19 hit grim milestones and exacerbate other crises, UNFPA strengthens resolve to save lives

Midwife Prasansa Budha Lama examines a new mother and baby on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. During lockdown, UNFPA-supported midwives provided telecounselling and helpline services, communicating with pregnant and postpartum women via social networks and messaging apps. © UNFPA Nepal

03 February 2021

Updates

United States pledges $32.5 million to uplift women and girls around the world

29 Jan 2021

In 2016, Rima was the 5000th baby born at a UNFPA-supported clinic for refugees in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan

News

Amid pandemic and unrest, midwives undeterred in saving lives in Conakry

A midwife at the Communal Medical Centre in Matam wraps newborns in warm blankets. © UNFPA Guinea

11 February 2021

News

2020 Year in Review: Top 5 stories affecting women and girls

In pandemic times, midwives around the world like Selina Akter in Bangladesh helped deliver a safer world. Image courtesy of Selina Akter

28 December 2020

Publication

Accelerating the Promise, the report on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25

Number of pages: 62

Publication date: 01 Dec 2019

Author: UNFPA

News

Groups already vulnerable to HIV face increased risks during COVID-19 pandemic

A clinic in Kenya provides sensitive sexual and reproductive health services to a variety of clients, including sex workers. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

01 December 2020

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