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In Myanmar, family planning empowers women to take charge of their health, futures

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Family planning is helping women in Myanmar protect their health and families. © UNFPA Myanmar
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For busy garment workers in Lesotho, health care comes on wheels

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’Mantina Mphohle receiving health services inside a new mobile clinic, near the factory where she works. © UNFPA Lesotho
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Once frowned on, family planning offers a lifeline in South Sudan

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UNFPA is helping to educate women about family planning options. © UNFPA/Annette Poni
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Flood relief in Myanmar includes family planning supplies

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Phoo Ngun, her husband Zaw Moe and their two daughters in the flood-devastated Ayayawady Region. Family planning supplies will help flood-affected women recover without worrying about unplanned pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Maternal death rate plunges in Lao People's Democratic Republic

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Agnod counsels villagers on family planning. Efforts like Agnod's have helped the country lower its maternal death rate significantly. © UNFPA/Matthew Taylor
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It Begins with One

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It Begins with One

It Begins with One

Globally, 800 women die each day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. More than 225 girls and women in developing countries have an unmet need for family planning. 

Every girl deserves to grow up in a world where her health and rights are respected, where she is empowered and enabled to reach her full potential.

It begins with one.

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Ending AIDS through integrated care: Combining sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Malawi

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A nurse at Malawi's Mzenga Health Centre talks to a young couple about sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA Malawi/Henry Chimbali
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Meeting the needs of Ecuador’s women and girls in the aftermath of three earthquakes

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An estimated 750,000 people have been impacted by the earthquakes in Ecuador. © UNFPA Ecuador/David Lassa
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Improving access to family planning in Haiti amidst the threat of Zika virus

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Dr. Josette Sanon (left) provides residents of Baie D'Orange with much-needed health services during the one-day mobile clinic. © UNFPA Haiti
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Midwives on the frontlines of fighting maternal death in Somalia

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Two midwives place an intravenous drip for a patient at the maternity ward of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu. © UN Photo/Tobin Jones
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