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How UNFPA helps elderly Venezuelan migrants and refugees envision their future in Brazil

Alegria Campos takes part in an activity with other women at the UNFPA Safe Space in Boa Vista, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil / Isabela Martel
  • 09 June 2023
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  • Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk in Sudan as hospitals run out of fuel

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Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk in Sudan as hospitals run out of fuel

Midwives at a UNFPA-supported hospital in Sudan before the crisis destroyed at least two out of three hospitals, leaving more than 260,000 pregnant women and millions of others with scarce access to health care in life-threatening conditions. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 02 June 2023
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  • UNFPA mobile clinic helps women give birth safely during crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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UNFPA mobile clinic helps women give birth safely during crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Midwives working in UNFPA’s mobile clinic attend to a pregnant woman who was forced to flee her home for a temporary displacement camp in Rusayo, North Kivu province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. © UNFPA/Junior Mayindu
  • 08 May 2023
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  • As catastrophe grips Sudan, heroic midwives help women deliver babies in a warzone

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As catastrophe grips Sudan, heroic midwives help women deliver babies in a warzone

Two midwives at a UNFPA-supported clinic before conflict gripped the country and all but obliterated its health service. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 04 May 2023
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  • “I have never seen so many pregnant women in this situation”: Survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy face Mozambique’s worst cholera outbreak in two decades

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“I have never seen so many pregnant women in this situation”: Survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy face Mozambique’s worst cholera outbreak in two decades

UNFPA has procured and installed tents to serve as temporary health facilities in areas where health clinics have been destroyed in Mozambique. © UNFPA Mozambique.
  • 24 April 2023
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  • “I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence

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“I know how to listen”: Midwives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use groundbreaking new birth model to care for pregnant survivors of sexual violence

Midwife Aimée Nzimire assists labouring mother Valerine Mwamini. Though the Panzi hospital's new "Transforming Birth" model is designed to serve survivors of gender-based violence, Ms. Mwamini is not herself a GBV survivor. © UNFPA Democratic Republic of the Congo/Lisa Thanner
  • 05 April 2023
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  • Least responsible, hardest hit: New UNFPA brief explores climate change’s disproportionate harm on people of African descent

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Least responsible, hardest hit: New UNFPA brief explores climate change’s disproportionate harm on people of African descent

UNFPA’s new advocacy brief, “In Our Words: Voices of Women of African Descent for Reproductive and Climate Justice”, explores how climate change disproportionately harms women of African descent. © UNFPA Brasil/Eduardo Cavalcanti
  • 21 March 2023
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  • “A dream to achieve”: Making Myanmar more disability-inclusive

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“A dream to achieve”: Making Myanmar more disability-inclusive

With support from UNFPA and a local disability organization, Sabai received vocational and business skill training. ©UNFPA Myanmar/Thein Zaw Win
  • 05 January 2023
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