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Leaders urge access to reproductive health supplies in crisis settings

calendar_today28 September 2017

Ahlam was able to safely give birth by Caesarean section at a health facility with UNFPA-provided supplies. © UNFPA Yemen/Fahmia Al-Fotih
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Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria

calendar_today25 September 2017

Yana Duka is one of 35 cholera patients in a provisional health facility in Muna camp. She lost her pregnancy after falling ill. © UNFPA/Anne Wittenberg
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Leaders at United Nations address sexual violence as a weapon of war

calendar_today20 September 2017

"Please don't give up," urges a message at a clinic in Dohuk, Iraq, specializing in treatment for survivors of sexual violence. Sexual and gender-based violence are commonly seen as tactics of warfare. © UNFPAIraq/Turchenkova
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UNFPA aid reaches Deir Ez-Zor City for the first time in three years

calendar_today15 September 2017

UNFPA delivered hygiene supplies to the city of Deir Ez-Zor, which had been inaccessible to humanitarians for three years. © Syrian Arab Red Crescent
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Yemen's cholera outbreak taking toll on women and girls

calendar_today15 September 2017

Yemen's cholera outbreak taking toll on women and girls

Yemen's cholera outbreak taking toll on women and girls

Yemen is witnessing the worst cholera outbreak in the world. One person dies every hour, and 5,000 or more people are suspected of cholera or acute watery diarrhoea every day. 

Pregnant women are at high risk. UNFPA estimates the lives of 1.1 million malnourished pregnant women are at risk. See more here.

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Flooding, mudslides leave communities devastated, pregnant women in need

calendar_today14 September 2017

UNFPA staff survey the aftermath of the disaster, which has affected thousands of households. © UNFPA/Sulaiman Stephens
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As Rohingya refugees pour into Bangladesh, UNFPA deploys midwives, safe spaces

calendar_today13 September 2017

UNFPA is providing dignity kits, which contain hygiene and safety supplies, as well as deploying midwives and establishing safe spaces. © UNFPA Bangladesh
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UNFPA responds as entire population of Barbuda evacuated following Hurricane Irma

calendar_today12 September 2017

The United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination carried out a rapid assessment in Antigua and Barbuda on 8 September. © Silva Lauffer/UNDAC
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“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge

calendar_today05 September 2017

Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang speaks with a midwife during her antenatal check-up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
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Violence, fear limit access to pregnancy care in Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai area

calendar_today01 September 2017

Pregnant women wait to be screened at the Kalomba health center during a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. © UNFPA DRC
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