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“We say: Yes, you can”: Facing adversity and protecting women in the Peruvian jungle

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Dafne Aquino travels long distances in a small boat to reach the most remote communities of indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon. Credit: UNFPA Peru / Polo Santos
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Four ways to build positive relationships and achieve good sexual health

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Married couple Jahangir and Shirin say that since attending UNFPA-supported “Couple Meetings”, their marriage has never been better. © UNFPA Bangladesh
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“A race against time”: Djamila’s journey to hospital by canoe in flood-ravaged Cameroon

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A pregnant woman is stranded by her house amid recent flooding in Cameroon’s Far North region. Credit: UNFPA Cameroon / Samuel Sawalda
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Incorporating culture into care: One Afrodescendent midwife’s journey towards ending maternal deaths in Costa Rica

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Midwife Siannie Palmer supports women of African and indigenous descent in Sixaola, Puerto Viejo. © UNFPA Costa Rica / Juan Manuel Fernández
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As Russian air strikes escalate against Ukraine, a hospital in Kyiv struggles to care for pregnant women and newborns

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The Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre, supported by UNFPA, is a critical maternity and newborn health facility in the city. Credit UNFPA Ukraine/ Isaac Hurskin
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04 September 2024

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“Hope had no place in our hearts”: UNFPA mobile health teams treat pregnant women fleeing violence in Sudan

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A health worker from a UNFPA-supported mobile unit attends to a woman who has been displaced in Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: UNFPA Sudan
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“It’s a burning issue”: How one midwife is harnessing new technology to support mothers and newborns in India

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Lovepreet Saini sits at her desk at the National Midwife Training Institute in Punjab, India. © Maternity Foundation
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Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, meet the midwife who stayed, delivered – and saved lives

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Midwife Mariza Ahmadi assisted Ms. Sughra to safely deliver her son, Farhad, at the Ahangaran family health house in the remote Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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19 August 2024
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