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Father Aldo Marchesini and Jhpiego recognized with UN Population Award

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. Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego

12 June 2014

News

Global summit urges to end sexual violence in conflict

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

10 June 2014

Press Release

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

03 June 2014

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

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: Jhpiego/Kate Holt

03 June 2014

Statement

Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

22 May 2014

News

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

Journalist and child advocate Gladys Kalibbala with a boy in Uganda. Photo courtesy of Participant Media

15 May 2014

Statement

Statement on the International Day of Families

15 May 2014

News

Maternal deaths continue to fall, new data show

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

06 May 2014

Press Release

United Nations agencies report steady progress in saving mothers’ lives

06 May 2014

News

"Life Starts in the Hands of a Midwife"

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

05 May 2014

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