Press Release

With 546 days left to score Millennium Development Goals, new roadmap released to save lives of additional 140,000 women, 250,000 newborns by end of 2015

03 July 2014

News

Women and girls at risk as conflict escalates in Iraq

Siblings take shelter in a school in Duhok Governorate, Iraq, after fleeing recent fighting. Photo credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

30 June 2014

News

Empowering communities saves women's lives in Tigray, Ethiopia

Mitslal Giday and Beruho Gebrezgi convene a forum for pregnant women in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw

02 July 2014

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“Horse-cart of hope” offers critical health-care access to expectant mothers

Chief nurse Mamadou Fall with a UNFPA-provided horse-cart at the health post in Dodel. Photo credit: APANEWS

23 June 2014

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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar

19 June 2014

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Schools for Husbands gaining ground in rural Niger

Community members learn about reproductive health care at a School for Husbands in the Maradi Region of Niger. Photo credit: APANEWS

17 June 2014

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Father Aldo Marchesini and Jhpiego recognized with UN Population Award

Community health worker Ozara Husseini (left) speaks with Najiba, who has five children, about family planning in Katasank, Afghanistan, as part of a Jhpiego-supported programme, in 2010. Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego

12 June 2014

Press Release

At least two women each hour fall victim to sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says UNFPA

06 June 2014

News

Connecting mothers-to-be with health clinics in rural Zambia

Olivia Kaunda (left) relaxes outside the Luvuzi maternity waiting home at the Luvuzi Rural Health Clinic. Photo credit: UNFPA Zambia/Zandonda

04 June 2014

Press Release

Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns

03 June 2014

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