13 October 2025
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Midwives in Uganda ramp up action against postpartum bleeding, a leading cause of maternal death

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Midwives learn up-to-date tools and methods for detecting and treating postpartum haemorrhage at a UNFPA-supported training in Kampala. © UNFPA Uganda
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This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

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This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

This is one of the only safe places left in Gaza to give birth

Imagine going into labour while you’re starving and your local hospital is destroyed.

To help women in Gaza facing this horrific situation, a UNFPA mobile clinic is providing life-saving care.

See what it means to mothers in need.

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Health workers lose support structures and pregnant women die: The reality of funding cuts hits in Yemen

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A midwife from a UNFPA mobile health clinic assesses a pregnant woman at a displacement camp in Marib, Yemen. The mobile clinic is no longer operational due to funding cuts. ©UNFPA Yemen
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Reaching the last mile: Motorbike ambulances improve maternal and newborn health in rural Benin

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A row of bike ambulances in Benin. © UNFPA Benin
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Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

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Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

Amid the war in Sudan, this incredible midwife does more than just deliver babies

As pregnant women are displaced and traumatized by the ongoing war in Sudan, see how Hager holds her community together from her small home clinic.

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Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

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Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

Women in Yemen pay a deadly cost for funding cuts

Funding cuts for maternal healthcare in Yemen are cutting women’s:

🟠 survival
🟠 dignity
🟠 rights

They need funding to be restored.

The world must invest in humanity.

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Somalia urgently needs incubators to keep babies alive

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Somalia urgently needs incubators to keep babies alive

Somalia urgently needs incubators to keep babies alive

Many mothers in Somalia are hearing only a heartbreaking silence when they give birth.

More funding is urgently needed to stop their newborns dying due to preventable causes.

Give to help UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—deliver life-saving care: https://unf.pa/dso

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Explainer: No, contraceptives don’t cause abortions

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Health workers provide contraceptives through mobile clinics in Syria. © UNFPA/Zein Khuzam
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