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

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

11 April 2022

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Ukrainian refugees build new lives far from home

Ivanna Povchenuik (center) left her home in Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine with her two children for the Polish border, from where they continued to Belgium, a journey that took 35 hours. © Martin Thaulow

05 April 2022

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In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

Shakila Parvin, a midwife in the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, helped a woman pregnant with twins deliver during heavy flooding that submerged the health facility's maternity ward, knocked out power and destroyed or damaged equipment and supplies. © UNFPA Bangladesh

07 April 2022

Yemen on the brink: Portrait of a humanitarian crisis

11 March 2022

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UNFPA calls for urgent action to protect the rights of women and girls affected by the war in Ukraine

08 April 2022

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“War trauma hunts them all”: Psychosocial support for Ukrainian refugees

Psychologist Natalia Gandrabur comforts Olga, who fled from Odessa, Ukraine and is staying at a refugee placement centre in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. Psychologists from UNFPA-supported Youth Friendly Health Clinics are providing psychosocial support to those in need. © UNFPA/Siegfried Modola

25 March 2022

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Free maternal services are a lifeline to expectant mothers in Yemen

A midwife hands Saba her newborn son. Saba lost two earlier pregnancies because of a lack of obstetric care in a country where only half of health facilities are operational and only two out of 10 functional health facilities provide maternal and child health services. © UNFPA Yemen

24 March 2022

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Midwives ensure life-saving reproductive health care for women returning to Afghanistan

Midwife Zul Haja displays some of the reproductive health care supplies she provides for women at the Zero Point clinic in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province, on the border with Pakistan. © UNFPA/Stenly Sajow

31 March 2022

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A 12-hour walk at 7 months pregnant: Escape from the horrors of war in Ukraine

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

18 March 2022

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

Ukrainian refugees build new lives far from home

In her words: A heavy monsoon, a flooded hospital and twins on the way. A midwife’s story in Bangladesh

Yemen on the brink: Portrait of a humanitarian crisis

UNFPA calls for urgent action to protect the rights of women and girls affected by the war in Ukraine

“War trauma hunts them all”: Psychosocial support for Ukrainian refugees

Free maternal services are a lifeline to expectant mothers in Yemen

Midwives ensure life-saving reproductive health care for women returning to Afghanistan

A 12-hour walk at 7 months pregnant: Escape from the horrors of war in Ukraine

Ukraine Emergency Situation Report #6 – 5 April 2022