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Communities in the Amazon band together to save pregnant women

Dr. José Luis Palma Vélez aboard the "Health Canoe," a water ambulance that transports pregnant women to the nearest health centre. © UNFPA/Jose Antonio Guayasamin
  • 14 November 2016
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Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti

Urgent action is required to protect the lives of thousands of women and girls. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright
  • 04 November 2016
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Rural Haiti slammed by Hurricane Matthew

Published on: 28/10/2016

Rural Haiti is hard to reach. Women and girls there need reproductive health care. Without urgent action, maternal deaths will rise, and vulnerability to sexual violence will increase. 

What happens when a hurricane hits a hospital

Published on: 28/10/2016

See what happens when a hurricane hits a hospital. Beaumont Hospital, in Haiti, was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.

Some 13,000 women will give birth in hurricane-affected areas in the next three months. Thousands of them will experience complications. Without urgent action, maternal death rates will rise.

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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, unleashing the greatest devastation the country has seen since the 2010 earthquake. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright
  • 25 October 2016
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Giving girls a voice in Zika-affected communities

Barbara, Jocelly and Maria Eduarda after attending a reproductive health seminar in Goiana, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil/Tatiana Almeida
  • 21 October 2016
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Press Release

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

07 October 2016

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Giving birth upright, with maté – Peru clinics open arms to indigenous women

This woman's second childbirth experience was totally different from her first, she says, because she was able to deliver in the traditional vertical position. © Panorama/Carlos Gomez
  • 29 September 2016
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Haitian women felled by preventable cancer; simple test to save lives

A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides free cervical cancer screenings, in addition to a host of obstetric and newborn services. Early detection and treatment will save lives. © Jared Chambers
  • 26 August 2016
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Campaign brings condoms, HIV testing and hugs to the Olympics

Inspired by the Rio 2016 Olympic logo, the #EuAbraço campaign celebrates diversity and raises public awareness against discrimination. © UNIC Rio/Pedro Andrade
  • 23 August 2016
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