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UNFPA

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2014

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UNFPA

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228

State of the World's Midwifery

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014

A Universal Pathway. A Woman's Right to Health

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After decades of suffering, fistula survivors in Nepal find reprieve

calendar_today18 September 2018

Palesh Devi Rajdhobi suffered from an obstetric fistula, a debilitating childbirth injury, for 21 years. She endured pain, stigma and social isolation before receiving free reconstructive surgery from a UNFPA-supported campaign. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri

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One year on, Rohingya women and girls seek safety – and a chance to heal

calendar_today24 August 2018

Harrowing accounts of gender-based violence have been widely reported. A Rohingya refugee visits a UNFPA-supported women-friendly space. © UNFPA/Allison Joyce

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A father's campaign for midwives in South Sudan

calendar_today06 September 2018

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

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

calendar_today08 August 2018

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

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In Türkiye, refugee child marriages drive adolescent pregnancies underground

calendar_today26 July 2018

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

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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

calendar_today10 July 2018

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

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

calendar_today05 July 2018

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

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

calendar_today02 July 2018

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

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Sexual and reproductive health needs immense among Rohingya refugees

calendar_today29 June 2018

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

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The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014

A Universal Pathway. A Woman's Right to Health

After decades of suffering, fistula survivors in Nepal find reprieve

One year on, Rohingya women and girls seek safety – and a chance to heal

A father's campaign for midwives in South Sudan

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

In Türkiye, refugee child marriages drive adolescent pregnancies underground

Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

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

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

Sexual and reproductive health needs immense among Rohingya refugees

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2014

A Universal Pathway. A Woman's Right to Health

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