27 November 2024

News

“I came to help my sisters”: As Chad grapples with record floods and a refugee crisis, midwives are bridging the divide

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A woman collects clean drinking water in a camp sheltering more than 4,000 displaced people after the Chari River flooded in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, in October 2024. Credit: © UNFPA Chad / Karel Prinsloo
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An expectant mother hit by floods in northern Nigeria shares her story

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An expectant mother hit by floods in northern Nigeria shares her story

An expectant mother hit by floods in northern Nigeria shares her story

“When the floods hit us, it was two weeks before my expected delivery date.”

Fatima, one of our heroic community mobilizers in Nigeria, is among the many expectant mothers affected by the recent flooding in the northern part of the country.

See her story and how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is responding to the crisis.  

News

Three global trends on a collision course… with women and girls at the crossroads

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In the Bakasi displacement camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, community mobilizers speak to flood survivors about how to receive support for gender-based violence, which is known to increase in crisis settings. © UNFPA Nigeria/Dawali David Exodus
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Events

World AIDS Day

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12 November 2024

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A sisterhood of support: Improving maternity care in Ethiopia’s climate change-ravaged Somali region

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A pregnant woman is attended to by a midwife at the Karamara Hospital in Ethiopia’s Somali region; every month health workers at the hospital safely assist some 600 deliveries. Credit: UNFPA Ethiopia
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News

In the West Bank, mobile healthcare teams are a lifeline amid crisis

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Duaa Adwa has brought her son to the mobile healthcare team during their visit to Bethlehem’s Al Uqban Village. During past visits, the team had been unable to dispense fever medicine for Ms. Adwa’s son because of supply shortages. © UNFPA/Lisa Sabella
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31 October 2024

News

Mass displacement of pregnant women requires mobilization of maternal health services in Lebanon, Syria

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Soumaia was displaced from Lebanon while five months pregnant. She experienced a stillbirth after finding shelter in Syria. © UNFPA Syria/Alaa Ghorra
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