News

Nine things you need to know about periods and the pandemic

The pandemic is affecting how people experience menstruation. © PONY for UNFPA

28 May 2020

Updates

Korean cooperation helps give Ivorian fistula survivors a new lease on life

23 May 2020

Blandine with her new daughter and husband. © UNFPA/Didier Djiloni

News

Safe birth services save lives, prevent childbirth injury in Tanzania

A health facility in Tanzania’s Simiyu region, which was renovated through a two-year programme supported by UNFPA with funding from KOICA. © UNFPA Tanzania/Karlien Truyens

22 May 2020

News

In Yemen and around the world, obstetric fistula strikes the most vulnerable women

A woman recovers from fistula treatment sugery in Yemen. Obstetric fistula almost entirely preventable; its persistence is a sign of global social injustice. © UNFPA Yemen

22 May 2020

Statement

End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!

23 May 2020

News

Indigenous, Afro-Honduran communities join together to fight pandemic

Members of the Garífuna community are making their own cloth masks to limit the spread of COVID-19. They are also turning to traditional foods and medicines. © UNFPA Honduras

11 May 2020

News

Pandemic complicates humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and surrounding countries

Horihanny Del Valle, a pregnant migrant from Venezuela, has learned how to protect herself from COVID-19. © UNFPA Brazil

15 May 2020

News

In Nepal, COVID-19 turning pregnancy excitement into fear

When Maisarjaha Khatun went into labour, her family spent hours trying to find transport to emergency obstetric care. Image courtesy of Jiyaul Hak

14 May 2020

Updates

Sweden and UNFPA join forces to protect mothers and babies from COVID-19 in Sudan

13 May 2020

UNFPA-trained midwives are helping prevent COVID-19 infection and to deliver babies in Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan/Soufian Abdul-Mouty

Supporting mothers, midwives in the COVID-19 pandemic

Published on: 04/05/2020

With health systems stretched, movement restrictions in place and concerns about disease exposure in health-care settings, mothers and midwives are risking their own health and lives to bring new life into the world. See more: unfpa.org/DeliverNow

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