Publication

A Neglected Tragedy: The global burden of stillbirths

Publication date: 13 Oct 2020

The release of the first-ever estimates on stillbirth by the UN Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) include the number of babies that are stillborn every year, as a result of pregnancy and birth-related complications, the absence of health workers and basic services. The report includes new data on the additional babies that could be stillborn due to COVID-19 related disruptions in child and maternal health services. The release is intended to increase visibility for this neglected tragedy and drive government action to address stillbirths.

Parents react to stories of mothers from around the world on Mother's Day

Published on: 08/05/2022

This Mother's Day, we invited parents into our studio to read stories of mothers from around the world. Watch what happens next…

Resources

Global competency based fistula surgery training manual

Resource date: 2011

Author: The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Publisher: UNFPA

Resources

UN resolution to end fistula 2020 (A/RES/75/159)

Resource date: Dec 2020

Author: UN

This 2020 UN Resolution on Fistula, adopted by Member States, calls on every fistula-affected nation to develop an inclusive, integrated, costed, time-bound national strategy and action plan to end fistula by 2030. This is a critical component of an overall strategy to ensure universal access to quality sexual and reproductive health and rights and is a key element of achieving the SDGs.

News

UNFPA and WFP join forces to meet soaring reproductive health and nutrition needs in southern Madagascar

Women in the Amboasary district of Madagascar’s drought-stricken Grand Sud region wait to receive sexual and reproductive health consultations from UNFPA-supported medical staff. At the same time, a WFP food donation takes place just metres away to help stem a devastating food crisis affecting some 3 million people in the region. © UNFPA/Melvis Kimbi

04 May 2022

News

Empowering and investing in midwives could save millions of lives each year

Midwives in Morocco, like Amina Al Ammari, played a critical role in responding to the pandemic while also tending to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns. © UNFPA Morocco

04 May 2022

Statement

Global health systems must invest in midwives

05 May 2022

News

5 things to know about motherhood

Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world throughout the year. In Somalia, above, the day falls in March. © Tobin Jones for UNFPA

03 May 2022

News

War in Ukraine shocks global food supply, putting lives at risk

A young mother and her baby are weighed before being examined for malnutrition at UNFPA-supported Marib General hospital in Yemen, a country that relies heavily on food imports. Skyrocketing food prices have increased the number of people in need of food assistance from 16.2 million in 2021 to 19 million people in 2022. © UN/Giles Clarke

27 April 2022

News

Hope on wheels: Emergency maternal health units reach farthest corners of the Philippines

The fishing village of Saint Bernard, in the Southern Leyte Province of the Philippines, saw widepsread destruction from Super Typhoon Rai in December 2021, with hundreds of thousands displaced and many homes obliterated by the storm. © UNFPA/Ezra Acayan

19 April 2022

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