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“A race against time”: Djamila’s journey to hospital by canoe in flood-ravaged Cameroon

A pregnant woman is stranded by her house amid recent flooding in Cameroon’s Far North region. Credit: UNFPA Cameroon / Samuel Sawalda

11 September 2024

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Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, meet the midwife who stayed, delivered – and saved lives

Midwife Mariza Ahmadi assisted Ms. Sughra to safely deliver her son, Farhad, at the Ahangaran family health house in the remote Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

21 August 2024

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A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan’s West Darfur State

A woman receives medical care at the UNFPA-supported Ardamata health clinic in El Geneina, West Darfur State, Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan

23 January 2024

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“We lost everything”: In Yemen, a mother’s grief lays bare the human cost of the climate crisis

Umm Mahra, 38, has four children and has been living in a displacement camp in Yemen’s southwestern highlands for seven years. She had a miscarriage due to malnourishment and exhaustion. © UNFPA Yemen

06 December 2023

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New funding from the United States of America offers health and protection support for women and girls in Yemen

27 Jul 2023

A new $23.4 million contribution from USAID will provide emergency relief and life-saving reproductive health and protection services to 1.3 million people in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen

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Violence plagues women and girls amid Yemen’s relentless conflict

Case workers visit clients, monitor their welfare and refer them to services when needed. © UNFPA Yemen

28 February 2023

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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan

16 March 2023

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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provide critical maternal health care amid floods, conflict and an ongoing refugee crisis. © UNFPA Sudan

17 January 2023

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Belgium, Germany and Sweden join forces with UNFPA and UNICEF to eliminate female genital mutilation

28 Dec 2022

A group of girls rescued from female genital mutilation and early marriage play hand-clapping games in their dormitories at Morpus primary school in Ortum, West Pokot, Kenya on November 24, 2020. Through the support of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme, the Morpus primary and boarding school has been helping young girls to escape and recover from female genital mutilation and early marriages since 2003, providing education and accommodation. © UNFPA Kenya/Luis Tato

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New US funding supports reproductive health and protection services in Afghanistan

26 Sep 2022

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