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Sri Lanka’s once robust health system nears collapse amid crisis – and pregnant women pay the price

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Some 215,000 women are currently pregnant in Sri Lanka and 145,000 will give birth in the next six months. File image from 2019. © UNFPA Sri Lanka/Ruvin De Silva

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Ukrainian refugees in Moldova guaranteed access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services

calendar_today29 June 2022

Olga rests with her new daughter after delivering her via caesarean section at the maternity hospital in Balti, in the Republic of Moldova. Olga was seven months pregnant when she fled with her four-year-old son, Timofey, from their home town of Ochakiv, near the southern port city of Odesa in Ukraine. @ UNFPA Moldova

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Swedish Parliamentarians gain insight into UNFPA-supported work in Zambia

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In March, a Swedish delegation paid a virtual visit to the UNFPA-backed Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) supported safe houses for adolescent girls. The YWCA reaches over 8,000 girls and 4,500 boys each year.

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A fresh start for women sanitation workers in India

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Members of the Women's Mechanized Cleaning Cooperative in front of one of the machine-mounted cleaners they have been trained to operate in Patna, India. © Deeksha Foundation

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UNFPA continues life-saving services across war-torn northern Ethiopia

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UNFPA and Maedot staff at the Maternity Waiting Home in Sabacare 4 camp, Mekelle © UNFPA Ethiopia

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A publication on reproductive health for women with disabilities is published in Braille

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A reproductive health booklet for women with disabilities was published in Braille and distributed to libraries and schools for the visually impaired in Kazakhstan. © UNFPA Kazakhstan

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A pandemic-born programme bolsters local health systems in Brazil

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Leticia Souza Melo, a 21-year-old expecting her third child, is receiving antenatal care from a UNFPA-supported programme in Santa Cruz do Arari, Pará, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil

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Mobile clinics treat reproductive cancers in along Ukraine’s contact line

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Dr. Kyslytsia and Dr. Ieriomin stand in front of the mobile clinic they use to travel to remote and conflict-affected communities. © UNFPA Ukraine

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Jun 2020

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160

State of World Population

State of World Population 2020

Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality

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With the Republic of Korea and UNDP, fostering youth-led innovations in Rwanda

calendar_today26 July 2019

The Tantine mobile phone app, developed by one of the winners of the first round of UNFPA’s iAccelerator programme, delivers youth-friendly information on sexual and reproductive health, in an easily accessible and engaging format. “We thought of using ICT as a bridge,” said co-founder Sylvie Uhirwa, to reach young people who might otherwise have no other source of reliable information. © UNFPA Rwanda

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Sri Lanka’s once robust health system nears collapse amid crisis – and pregnant women pay the price

Ukrainian refugees in Moldova guaranteed access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services

Swedish Parliamentarians gain insight into UNFPA-supported work in Zambia

A fresh start for women sanitation workers in India

UNFPA continues life-saving services across war-torn northern Ethiopia

A publication on reproductive health for women with disabilities is published in Braille

A pandemic-born programme bolsters local health systems in Brazil

Mobile clinics treat reproductive cancers in along Ukraine’s contact line

State of World Population 2020

Defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality

With the Republic of Korea and UNDP, fostering youth-led innovations in Rwanda

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