News

Reaching the last mile: Motorbike ambulances improve maternal and newborn health in rural Benin

calendar_today09 September 2025

A row of bike ambulances in Benin. © UNFPA Benin
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News

A chance to breathe: How life-saving incubators are transforming newborn care in Somalia

calendar_today22 July 2025

A midwife holds twins at a UNFPA-supported neonatal care health facility in Baidoa, Somalia. © Reado
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Events

Improving health and well-being for women and newborns: Launch of the Midwifery Accelerator

calendar_today07 April 2025

location_onUnited Nations Headquarters

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Publisher

WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

Publication date

Apr 2025

Publication

Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2023: Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

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Press release

Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

calendar_today07 April 2025

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Press release

Urgent call for country leadership and global solidarity to End Maternal and Newborn Deaths by 2030

calendar_today29 April 2024

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News

How UNFPA helps mothers around the world embrace their right to good health and safe pregnancy

calendar_today05 April 2024

When mother-of-four Majeda Begum faced complications during childbirth, her transfer to a Dhaka hospital was facilitated by a new app. © BOX Office
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News

Bonded for life: A UNFPA-supported midwifery student in Gaza delivers her own baby sister

calendar_today29 June 2023

Raneen’s midwifery training helped her deliver her own baby sister during an emergency in Gaza. © UNFPA Palestine
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Publisher

UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, PAHO, NBEC

Publication date

Jul 2023

Number of pages

27

Publication

Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas

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News

“They have to fight”: People of African descent face deadly, systemic racism and sexism in health sectors across the Americas, UNFPA reports

calendar_today12 July 2023

Dr. Palmer talks with a UNFPA staff member outside the clinic in La Palma, where she makes visits once per month to women in underserved indigenous communities. © UNFPA Costa Rica
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