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The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

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Jul 2017

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UNFPA

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Annual Report

The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Towards Equality in Access, Quality of Care and Accountability

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Alarming shortage of health personnel in conflict-affected Nigeria

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Midwife Hauwa Lassa (third from left) shows colleagues how to use UNFPA-supplied equipment to safely deliver babies. © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA

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Nepal floods put pregnant women and new mothers at risk

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Babita Rishidev waded for hours in murky floodwaters, carrying her 38-day-old infant. © UNFPA Nepal/Hari Bhusal

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Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

calendar_today15 August 2017

Yveka, 17, visits a midwife during the mobile clinic. © UNFPA

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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

calendar_today10 August 2017

Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin

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Midwifery hotline offers emergency support in Afghanistan

calendar_today02 August 2017

Expert midwife Tahira Nazari provides support to health workers at the Midwifery Helpline in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ahmadullah Amarkhil

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In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

calendar_today11 July 2017

Anjana rests with her newborn baby in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. Both mother and baby survived an obstructed labour, thanks to the intervention of a midwife. © CIPRB/Animesh Biswas

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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

calendar_today28 July 2017

Women participate in a community discussion about ending practices that are harmful to women and girls. In this session, they are talking about child marriage. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash

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“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in embattled Syria

calendar_today26 July 2017

Ruqayya and her newborn recover at the Pan-Armenian Charity clinic, outside the Al-Areesheh displacement camp in north-eastern Syria. © UNFPA Syria

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To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning

calendar_today10 July 2017

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The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Towards Equality in Access, Quality of Care and Accountability

Alarming shortage of health personnel in conflict-affected Nigeria

Nepal floods put pregnant women and new mothers at risk

Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

Midwifery hotline offers emergency support in Afghanistan

In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in embattled Syria

To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning

The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Towards Equality in Access, Quality of Care and Accountability

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