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New clinic brings reproductive health care to Syria’s underserved Al-Tabqa

calendar_today24 January 2018

A staff member at the newly opened clinic attends to a newborn baby. Image from UNFPA Syria and Al Mawadda
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Humanitarian Action 2018 Overview

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Jan 2018

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UNFPA

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23

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Humanitarian Action 2018 Overview

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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One year after it resumed its funding, the United States of America has become UNFPA’s largest bilateral humanitarian supporter in 2021 to improve the lives of women and girls around the world.  With a record…
22 December 2021 Read Story
Updates
  With the commitment of 10 governments and the European Union, nearly 70 million people have been reached in 17 countries over the past 13 years through the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of…
18 November 2021 Read Story
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New York - UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem traveled to Washington, D.C., from 1-2 November and met with our partners from the United States of America to build upon the commitments made since the return of…
17 November 2021 Read Story

Germany

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan – "On my first day at work in the camp, I cried a lot. At that time, I had not worked with refugees before, and I had no idea about their conditions," Ammoun Kitabi, a 58-year-old midwife, told…
10 January 2022 Read Story
Updates
One year after it resumed its funding, the United States of America has become UNFPA’s largest bilateral humanitarian supporter in 2021 to improve the lives of women and girls around the world.  With a record…
22 December 2021 Read Story

Denmark

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

2024 | Top
Donor Global Statistics

News & Updates

Updates
One year after it resumed its funding, the United States of America has become UNFPA’s largest bilateral humanitarian supporter in 2021 to improve the lives of women and girls around the world.  With a record…
22 December 2021 Read Story
Updates
  With the commitment of 10 governments and the European Union, nearly 70 million people have been reached in 17 countries over the past 13 years through the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on the Elimination of…
18 November 2021 Read Story

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After Peru floods, women emerge as leaders, advocates

calendar_today04 January 2018

Lily emerged as a leader after floods displaced thousands in and around Íllimo. © UNFPA Peru/Angela Valverde
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UNFPA delivers aid to previously unreached Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo

calendar_today02 January 2018

UNFPA and Syrian Arab Red Cross arrived in Sheikh Maqsoud on 28 December, the first time a UN agency has entered the area with aid. © UNFPA Syria
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Two years into Greece’s migration crisis, a look at maternal health for refugees

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Some 173,000 people poured into Greece in 2016, many of them women and girls fleeing violence and turmoil in their home countries. In November 2016, Tayma Abzali and her new baby, Helen, were living in a tent. Photo by Lynsey Addario for Time.

At a ceremony held on 14 December 2017, UNFPA formally handed over its work to the Government, which will carry on efforts to reach the 48,000 refugees and migrants estimated to be living in Greece today. Photo by Lynsey Addario for Time.

The refugees have serious reproductive health needs – including antenatal care, safe delivery services, family planning, and clinical manage of rape. Illham Saleh spent the end of her pregnancy in an old tobacco warehouse. Photo by Lynsey Addario for Time

Souad Syed Iessa, 25, got no prenatal care while fleeing Syria. Once she was ready to deliver, doctors discovered she had life-threatening complications. After a tense four-hour surgery, both she and the baby survived. Photo by Lynsey Addario for Time.

At the onset of the crisis, UNFPA deployed emergency reproductive health services, supporting mobile reproductive health clinics and outreach workers. Ms. Abzali and Helen in their tent, which had no access to hot water. Photo by Lynsey Addario for Time.

UNFPA also trained health workers and others, improving local capacity to serve these vulnerable women. Noor Alhouda Talaa was terrified to give birth in Greece, without her mother: “Here there is no one to help me.” Photo by Lynsey Addario for Time.

Since 2015, UNFPA has trained 1,350 people in Greece and 200 from the wider region, covering reproductive health, clinical care for rape, case management and related topics. Many of those trained are training others. Photo by Lynsey Addario for Time.

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As Rohingya refugee crisis escalates, women emerge as front-line responders

calendar_today06 December 2017

“Auntie Leila,” a local member of the Rohingya community, reaches out to refugee women and brings them to UNFPA's women-friendly spaces. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Naymuzzaman Prince
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UNFPA scales up response after Iraq earthquake

calendar_today24 November 2017

UNFPA is distributing essential hygiene supplies to women and girls displaced by the earthquake. Photo courtesy of Civil Development International
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