News

Father Aldo Marchesini and Jhpiego recognized with UN Population Award

calendar_today12 June 2014

<p>Community health worker Ozara Husseini (left) speaks with Najiba, who has five children, about family planning in Katasank, Afghanistan, as part of a Jhpiego-supported programme, in 2010. <i>Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego</i> </p>
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News

Global summit urges to end sexual violence in conflict

calendar_today10 June 2014

Women who have endured gender-based violence receive counselling and other forms of support in a displacement camp in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: OCHA/Gemma Cortes
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Press release

Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns

calendar_today03 June 2014

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News

Midwives could cut maternal, newborn deaths by two thirds, says new State of the World’s Midwifery

calendar_today03 June 2014

<p>When properly trained and supported, midwives could provide nearly 90 per cent of sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health services needed by women and newborns. Photo credit: <i>Jhpiego/Kate Holt</i> </p>
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Statement

Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

calendar_today22 May 2014

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News

‘Lost Children’ Reveal Need to Support Families – and Women

calendar_today15 May 2014

<p>Journalist and child advocate Gladys Kalibbala with a boy in Uganda. <i>Photo courtesy of Participant Media</i> </p>
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Statement

Statement on the International Day of Families

calendar_today15 May 2014

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News

Maternal deaths continue to fall, new data show

calendar_today06 May 2014

<p>Anik, 16, with her newborn at the General Government Hospital in Tulear, Madagascar. UNFPA provides essential materials to new mothers at the hospital. <i>Photo credit: Magnum Photos/Dominic Nahr</i> </p>
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Press release

United Nations agencies report steady progress in saving mothers’ lives

calendar_today06 May 2014

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News

"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

calendar_today05 May 2014

<p>A midwife checks on an expectant mother in the Democratic Republic of Congo. <i>Photo credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+</i> </p>
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