Updates

The Government of Bangladesh, UNFPA and the World Bank sign agreements totaling $37 million for women’s programmes

02 Jul 2025

Women-friendly Spaces also offer recreational activities for adolescents, including painting, dancing, singing, and playing board games. © UNFPA Bangladesh
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The Government of Cameroon, UNFPA, and the World Bank partner to enhance reproductive health services for women and girls

30 Aug 2024

As part of the project, mobile clinics will be deployed to extend health-care services to remote communities in Cameroon. © UNFPA Cameroon-Raina Fouamno
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Updates

Partnering with Ethiopia’s ministry of women, the World Bank and UNOPS to address gender-based violence after two years of conflict

16 May 2023

Under a $15.1 million project, UNFPA and partners will expand access to medical and psychosocial support services for women and girls affected by two years of conflict. © UNFPA Ethiopia
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Updates

How technology is improving the quality of maternal health care in drought-affected Angola

22 Feb 2023

In Angola, UNFPA and the World Bank join forces to improve the quality of maternal and sexual and reproductive health care. © UNFPA Angola / @kkarloscesar
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News

Sahel project helps women raise themselves, their communities from poverty

Ms. Brema trains women in her village to become electricians. © Vincent Tremeau/Banque mondiale
  • 16 June 2020
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News

In the Sahel, where motherhood is deadliest, midwives are saving lives

The first woman to give birth at Fatoumata Diallo's clinic named her daughter after the midwife. © Vincent Tremeau/World Bank
  • 22 November 2019
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News

Real men respect women, says school for husbands in Burkina Faso

The school for husbands and future husbands teaches men to empower their wives through behavior change. Here, men practice domestic skills to ease the burden on their wives. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
  • 03 October 2019
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H4+

Published on: 12/03/2015

Around the world, over 280,000 women die every year from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. Six United Nations agencies have come together in a joint effort called H4+, to reduce child and maternal mortality rates and ensure that all mothers and children have access to the best possible care to enable them to live healthy, productive lives. 

The H4+ partnership includes UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank.

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