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A baby girl is born during an emergency Caesarean section delivery. Photograph courtesy of staff at Buzi District Hospital

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Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

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Farah* recently received surgical treatment for obstetric fistula. She says she can now "live a normal life." © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

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Keflene Yakobo is now a fistula ambassador in her community, helping other women receive treatment and reclaim their lives. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren

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Midwifery students at the Hargeisa Institute of Health Sciences in Somaliland learn how to assist in case of childbirth complications caused by female genital mutilation. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin

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Cut off from care in flooded Zimbabwe, pregnant women airlifted to safety

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Barcode technology transforms access to family planning in the Philippines

Emergency obstetric care saves lives in Mozambique

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Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

Ending obstetric fistula: Devastating and preventable childbirth injury continues to haunt women

Training new midwives in storm-hit Mozambique

5 ways female genital mutilation undermines the health of women and girls

Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps

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