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From fear to gratitude at a maternity hospital in Uzbekistan

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UNFPA provides modern medical equipment and trains healthcare workers across Uzbekistan to ensure that every childbirth is safe, even in emergency cases. © UNFPA Uzbekistan/Guzaliya Nugmankhodjayeva
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Amid Sudan’s grinding war, maternity hospital offers a beacon of hope

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Kosti Maternity Hospital, supported by UNFPA, manages an average of 15 childbirths every day. ©UNFPA Sudan
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12 November 2025
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With maternity centres under attack, more women are at risk of dying in pregnancy and childbirth in Ukraine

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With support from UNFPA, the maternity ward of the Kherson City Perinatal Centre was rebuilt within a bunker, ensuring women can give birth in safer conditions despite ongoing attacks. © UNFPA Ukraine /Olha Lavryk
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Wrapping up 2025: Good news stories from a bad year

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Adolescent girls at the UNFPA-supported Ndenguma safe space Nsanje District, southern Malawi, where they learn about the dangers of early marriage and teenage pregnancy and have access to contraceptives.© UNFPA Malawi/Thoko Chikondi
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Hope and healing: Women in Somalia reclaim their lives from obstetric fistula

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Farhiya (right) received life-changing fistula repair surgery at Dayniile Hospital, Mogadishu, made possible with KSrelief’s support ©UNFPA Somalia/Usame Nur Hussein
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UNFPA secures new support to accelerate advocacy for maternal and newborn health

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A midwife with a newborn at Sennar Hospital in southeastern Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan
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Kherson maternity hospital attack highlights worsening risks for pregnant women in Ukraine, UNFPA warns 

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24 October 2025

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UNFPA, ICM and Burnett Institute

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Nov 2025

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Powering Choice: Unlocking midwives’ full potential in family planning

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