A group of young Mauritanians called Khoudeija, Aisha, Goundou, Aissata, and Coumbis suffer from a condition known as Obstetric Fistula, which severely affects their lives.

When Mother Died, the Family Fell Apart

Ma Houay Kout village is in a particularly remote area in Attapeu Province in southern Laos. Once every three months, a health team will spend two days in each village and provide a range of services and information.

With UNFPA support, WAHA produced “Survivors – wounded during childbirth,” a series of documentaries telling the stories of women with fistula and the doctors who provide treatment in Ethiopia.

Typhoon Haiyan destroyed birthing facilities and hospitals, leaving thousands of pregnant women without a place to deliver and threatening  years of progress. UNFPA is working to restore reproductive health services.

Tens of thousands of Philippine women and girls made homeless by Typhoon Haiyan continue to live in crowded evacuation centres. UNFPA is providing reproductive health care and working to prevent gender-based violence.

UNFPA is providing reproductive health care and working to prevent gender-based violence against women and girls who struggle to survive after Typhoon Haiyan.  The national police are putting in place mechanisms to ensure their safety until the situa

In Afghanistan, conflict has not only caught the female non-combatants in its violence, but have severely crippled already inadequate services such as health and education.

Preliminary results of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey released in Sierra Leone indicate that the country has improved health services in the last five years, especially in the area of family planning.