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As drought and floods threaten millions in Ethiopia, midwives are a lifeline for pregnant women and newborns

In Ethiopia's Somali region, a camp in the village of Gabi’as shelters hundreds of households displaced by drought. Over 260,000 women are currently pregnant in the Somali region alone, many of them internally displaced from recurrent, multiple crises and at dire risk of acute undernourishment, without access to even the most basic health care. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo

07 July 2023

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Historic drought in the Horn of Africa: Women and girls fleeing one crisis for another

Rukia Yaroow Ali, 38, was displaced with her nine children by the worst drought that Somalia – and the whole of the Horn of Africa – has seen in 40 years. Here she holds her youngest child outside their shelter at Hagadera refugee camp in Daadab, Garissa county, Kenya. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

24 March 2023

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Severe drought fuels malnutrition and reduces hospital deliveries among pregnant women in Kenya’s Turkana County

Health workers attend to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers at an outreach visit supported by UNFPA in Loima Sub-county. © UNFPA/Luis Tato

27 December 2022

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Reclaiming hope and justice for survivors of sexual violence during drought and hunger crisis in Somalia

A nurse walks through an settlement camp for displaced people in Garowe, Puntland, speaking to women as part of an initiative to convince mothers to stop practising female genital mutilation on their daughters. © UNFPA Somalia/Tobin Jones

08 November 2022

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Health and violence risks multiply for women and girls in Kenya as worst drought in 40 years takes hold

Women attend a UNFPA-supported integrated community health outreach session on prevention and response to gender-based violence. Lokapararai village, Turkana county, Kenya. © UNFPA Kenya

17 October 2022

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Drought in Kenya proves a setback to eliminating female genital mutilation

Drought in Kenya has forced pastoralist communities to travel great distances in search of water. Girls pulled out of school to join their families are at particular risk of female genital mutilation. © UNFPA Kenya

03 February 2022

As drought and floods threaten millions in Ethiopia, midwives are a lifeline for pregnant women and newborns

Historic drought in the Horn of Africa: Women and girls fleeing one crisis for another

Severe drought fuels malnutrition and reduces hospital deliveries among pregnant women in Kenya’s Turkana County

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