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Explainer: No, contraceptives don’t cause abortions

Health workers provide contraceptives through mobile clinics in Syria. © UNFPA/Zein Khuzam
  • 11 August 2025
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As famine looms in Gaza, pregnant women and newborns face life-threatening health risks

Israel’s catastrophic aid blockade on Gaza has gone on for over two months, in which all supplies – including food, medicine, shelter and fuel – have been cut off. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
  • 19 May 2025
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Front-line midwives: Three reasons to support these humanitarian health workers amid a global funding crisis

In the delivery room of the Kyeshero Hospital in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a team of midwives assist a displaced woman who has just given birth. © UNFPA DRC / Jonas Yunus DRC
  • 02 May 2025
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21 February 2025

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“Everything fell apart in seconds”: Women and girls need urgent support after disastrous earthquake in Myanmar

On March 28, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating communities across Mandalay, Sagaing and beyond. © Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
  • 04 April 2025
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Pregnant women in the West Bank are struggling to access life-saving care

Published on: 29/04/2025

“I was almost unconscious, vomiting, feverish.”

Nadine was moments away from delivering her baby when she was trapped at a roadblock in the occupied West Bank.

Maternity care is essential to save lives, especially in humanitarian settings.

Hear her story and see how UNFPA—the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency—is working to ensure safe birth.

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Between siege and survival: The unheard struggles of mothers in the West Bank

A woman stands amid the rubble of her home following a raid by the Israel forces in Jenin, in Palestine’s West Bank. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
  • 11 April 2025
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“Every pregnancy these days is a struggle”: Restoring life-saving healthcare in Gaza

A temporary health centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is supported by UNFPA through health workers, essential medicine and equipment. © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous
  • 10 March 2025
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“This support gives us hope”: A journey to motherhood in the midst of Tropical Cyclone Chido

At eight months pregnant, Massiala Agostinho receives vital antenatal care from UNFPA, helping to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy even amid the challenges of Cyclone Chido © UNFPA Mozambique / António Mussuque
  • 20 January 2025
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“Where are we supposed to go?”: Women and girls in northern Gaza endure displacement, hunger and healthcare under attack

Since 6 October 2024, some 130,000 people have been uprooted from North Gaza to Gaza city. In some displacement sites, up to 70 per cent of those sheltering are children and women. Credit: UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic.
  • 25 November 2024
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