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A father's campaign for midwives in South Sudan

For midwife Peter Door, spreading awareness about family planning is key to strengthening women's well-being and economic stability. Peter provides information on family planning to a mother in a Rumbek clinic. © UNFPA South Sudan

06 September 2018

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“I felt I was in hell” – Escalating hostilities threaten thousands of pregnant women in Yemen’s Hodeidah

A post-partum mother with her newborn at the Al Thawra Hospital maternity ward. © UNFPA Yemen

08 August 2018

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In Türkiye, refugee child marriages drive adolescent pregnancies underground

Pregnant child brides need extra attention, says Huda, a UNFPA midwife in the Hayati Harrani women's and girl's safe space. “But our hands are tied because so few come for care.” © UNFPA Türkiye/Usenabasi Esiet

26 July 2018

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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

10 July 2018

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After ‘Volcano of Fire’ eruption, women and girls face heightened risks

Women and girls require security, health care and other services in the aftermath of the disaster. © UNFPA Guatemala/Carlos Sebastián

05 July 2018

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Health facilities, safe spaces reinforced as monsoon rains threaten Rohingya refugees

As the monsoon season hits Cox's Bazar, refugees at Kutapalong refugee camp and elsewhere fear they are vulnerable to landslides. © UNHCR/Adam Dean

02 July 2018

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Sexual and reproductive health needs immense among Rohingya refugees

Health workers rush to assist Salima Khatum at the Nayapara refugee camp maternity centre. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Allison Joyce

29 June 2018

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Midwife escapes death after being denied maternal health care

Najat suffered a traumatic birth injury, and nearly died, after her in-laws refused to take her to a hospital during labour. © National Midwives Association/UNFPA

25 June 2018

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Fistula camp helps women and girls in Sierra Leone regain their dignity

Women and girls celebrating after their successful fistula repair surgeries at the Aberdeen Women’s Centre in Freetown © UNFPA Sierra Leone 2018/Angelique Reid

12 June 2018

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Reaching “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar cut off from basic maternal care

Phu Tu Nee, 19, gave birth with a UNFPA clean delivery kit as the first tropical storm of the monsoon season descended on the camps and villages of “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

11 June 2018

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