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

calendar_today11 September 2024

A pregnant woman is stranded by her house amid recent flooding in Cameroon’s Far North region. Credit: UNFPA Cameroon / Samuel Sawalda
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Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, meet the midwife who stayed, delivered – and saved lives

calendar_today21 August 2024

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
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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

calendar_today23 January 2024

A woman receives medical care at the UNFPA-supported Ardamata health clinic in El Geneina, West Darfur State, Sudan. © UNFPA Sudan
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“We lost everything”: In Yemen, a mother’s grief lays bare the human cost of the climate crisis

calendar_today06 December 2023

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

calendar_today27 July 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

calendar_today28 February 2023

Case workers visit clients, monitor their welfare and refer them to services when needed. © UNFPA Yemen
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UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

calendar_today16 March 2023

Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan
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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

calendar_today17 January 2023

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

calendar_today28 December 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

calendar_today26 September 2022

(Bamyan) Sadbarg Village Family Health House. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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