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A 72-year-old refugee from Ukraine tells of a life left torn apart by war

calendar_today11 April 2022

Valentina Ejova, a 72 year-old refugee from Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, looks through photos of a former life as she transits through the Moldexpo temporary refugee placement centre in Chișinău, in the Republic of Moldova © UNFPA Moldova/Adriana Bîzgu
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A 12-hour walk at 7 months pregnant: Escape from the horrors of war in Ukraine

calendar_today18 March 2022

Natasha Kuznetsova, a seven-month pregnant Ukrainian refugee, is treated for an acute kidney infection at the Sfânta Treime hospital in Chișinău, in the Republic of Moldova © UNFPA Moldova/Eduard Bîzgu
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Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

calendar_today21 December 2021

A Midwifery Helpline worker walks a caller through a procedure over the phone © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

calendar_today12 August 2021

Midwifery students learn critical life-saving skills. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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