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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

calendar_today29 August 2014

Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya

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In Thailand's refugee camps, shifting attitudes about sexual and reproductive health

calendar_today16 September 2014

Saba has her blood pressure checked during a consultation with a refugee nurse assistant at a sexual and reproductive health clinic in the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Thailand

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Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

calendar_today11 August 2014

UNFPA Regional Family Planning Coordinator Brima Kamara conducts a training for community contact tracers. Photo credit: Crispin Cole

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UNFPA deploys support for women, girls amid mass flight from Iraq’s Sinjar

calendar_today08 August 2014

UNFPA distributes dignity kits to displaced familieis in Sharia, Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA Iraq

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Ugandan youth push for increased access to reproductive health services

calendar_today05 August 2014

Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin speaks with youth about increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services. Photo credit: UNFPA Uganda

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UNFPA to Increase Access to Reproductive Health Services for Millions of Adolescent Girls in Africa

calendar_today02 August 2013

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Building the future now

calendar_today24 January 2014

Participants talked about the importance of UNFPA-supported thematic funds—the Global Programme to Enhance Reproductive Health Commodity Security (GPRHCS), the Maternal Health Thematic Trust Fund (MTHF), the Unified Budget and Results Accountability Framework (UBRAF), and the UNFPA/UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C—at national level. Country-focused approaches, quick response and support were mentioned as important assets leading to positive changes in the area of health.

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African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

calendar_today28 January 2013

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Making family planning a priority in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

calendar_today01 August 2014

A woman rests with her newborn at a birthing centre outside Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photo credit: UNFPA Turkmenistan

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UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

calendar_today28 July 2014

Thousands of displaced families have been living for years in the Jalozai camp in Pakistan's Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the end of June, military operations in  North Waziristan sent thousands more families into displacement; most of them fled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu District. Photo credit: OCHA

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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

In Thailand's refugee camps, shifting attitudes about sexual and reproductive health

Community health workers respond to Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

UNFPA deploys support for women, girls amid mass flight from Iraq’s Sinjar

Ugandan youth push for increased access to reproductive health services

UNFPA to Increase Access to Reproductive Health Services for Millions of Adolescent Girls in Africa

Building the future now

African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

Making family planning a priority in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

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