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Urgent Maternal Health, Protection Needs of Women, Girls Focus of UNFPA Response in Haiti

calendar_today07 October 2016

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After harrowing escape, South Sudan woman welcomes healthy twins

calendar_today04 October 2016

Nyador Dagey with her newborn twins in a UNFPA-supported clinic in Bentiu. © UNFPA South Sudan/Michael Gatluak Tuok
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“I am a prey to all men”: Refugee women endure poverty, harassment, isolation

calendar_today03 October 2016

Muna was left to fend for her children alone in the Domiz refugee camp in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq/Khetam Malkawi
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Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings

calendar_today21 September 2016

Residents flee brutal violence in the Rutshuru territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2012. Women give birth, even in wartime and disasters. © UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti
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Aug 2016

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UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #48 1-31 August 2016

UNFPA in Türkiye, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, has supported six new health facilities, raising the number of UNFPA-supported health facilities to 23. UNFPA also opened three new women and girls safe spaces (WGSS) in Türkiye, raising the total number of WGSS from 20 to 23. 

In Egypt, UNFPA  opened two new WGSS in Cairo, raising the total number of WGSS to four.

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World leaders adopt ground-breaking plan to address refugee and migrant crisis

calendar_today19 September 2016

A ground-breaking declaration on the rights of migrants and refugees was adopted today at the United Nations General Assembly. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
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Sham: a story of hope amid darkness

calendar_today16 September 2016

Sham: a story of hope amid darkness

Sham: a story of hope amid darkness

Sham was born the day after her mother was evacuated from Daryaa, Syria. Her mother was transferred by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to the hospital so she could give birth safely.

After Sham was delivered, she and her mother were moved to the Hirjaleh shelter, where they have been receiving UNFPA-provided medical care and support.

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As displacements soar, Juba’s burdened clinics improvise to keep childbirth safe

calendar_today16 September 2016

A midwife delivers a baby at a health facility in Juba. At UNFPA-supported health facilities in Juba's protection camps, many of the midwives are themselves displaced people. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Calaguian Alano
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Young people take the lead against Zika in Brazil

calendar_today15 September 2016

Young members of REPROTAI, a UNFPA-supported youth organization, head to the Lobato neighbourhood of Salvador. They are raising awareness of how to prevent the spread of Zika. © UNFPA/Tatiana Almeida
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Publication date

Sep 2016

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UNFPA Ukraine

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Ukraine Humanitarian Newsletter, Issue 04, September 2016

UNFPA has delivered a total of 370 sexual and reproductive health kits (including for post-rape treatment) and 38,000 gynaecological kits to hospitals and clinics in conflict-affected regions of eastern Ukraine since beginning its humanitarian response in September 2014.

These supplies, delivered as part of UNFPA’s continuing work with Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy to address the needs of the most vulnerable, help ensure access to reproductive health services and save the lives of mothers and newborns.