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Pregnant refugees in Chad see faltering sexual and reproductive health care amid funding crisis

Midwife Prisca walks through one of the two camps in the village of Arkoum. The health centre in Arkoum serves more than 50,000 refugees and 20,000 members of the host community. © UNFPA Chad/Joel Tchocké
  • 31 July 2025
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World Refugee Day

20 June 2024

Global

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“It brings me hope”: The impact of universal health coverage for Afghan refugees in Iran

Afghan women refugees are among those reached by an initiative from the Islamic Republic of Iran to expand access to health services. © UNFPA 
  • 15 May 2024
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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province  in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
  • 21 December 2023
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Midwives in Bangladesh bring hope to survivors of Cyclone Mocha in world’s largest refugee camp

Nasrin Khatun, 27, was one of the midwives on duty to assist Khadija* in safely delivering her baby boy, as Cyclone Mocha raged along the coast of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA/Fahim Ahad
  • 15 June 2023
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How UNFPA helps elderly Venezuelan migrants and refugees envision their future in Brazil

Alegria Campos takes part in an activity with other women at the UNFPA Safe Space in Boa Vista, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil / Isabela Martel
  • 09 June 2023
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Dignity and strength: Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Colombia

Large numbers of people are bypassing immigration controls as they exit Venezuela. © Tomer Urwicz
  • 05 June 2019
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War Torn Girlhood

Published on: 19/06/2018

The Syrian crisis has left hundreds of thousands of adolescent girls vulnerable to child marriage and in need of adequate gender-based violence, sexual education and reproductive health services. UNFPA is helping to fill this void in Jordan, where 42,000 Syrian refugees are girls between the ages of 12 and 17. This is Asma's story. A film by UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert.

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