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Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

Globally, pregnancy-related complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19. Photograph by Lucy Tomasino

03 August 2017

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Midwifery hotline offers emergency support in Afghanistan

Expert midwife Tahira Nazari provides support to health workers at the Midwifery Helpline in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ahmadullah Amarkhil

02 August 2017

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In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

Anjana rests with her newborn baby in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. Both mother and baby survived an obstructed labour, thanks to the intervention of a midwife. © CIPRB/Animesh Biswas

11 July 2017

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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

Women participate in a community discussion about ending practices that are harmful to women and girls. In this session, they are talking about child marriage. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash

28 July 2017

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Contraceptives reach rural women through pioneering system

Midwife Nan Win Phyu at the Nam Khoke Rural Health Centre uses a family planning wheel to explain contraceptive options. © UNFPA Myanmar/Si Thu Soe Moe

31 July 2017

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“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in embattled Syria

Ruqayya and her newborn recover at the Pan-Armenian Charity clinic, outside the Al-Areesheh displacement camp in north-eastern Syria. © UNFPA Syria

26 July 2017

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To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning

Aminata Kabba became pregnant at 15. She says she wishes she had known about family planning. © MSSL

10 July 2017

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UNFPA Humanitarian Response in Yemen - 2017

Resource date: Oct 2017

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

A young woman at a fistula-repair campaign in Batouri, Cameroon. Obstetric fistula is a life-altering childbirth injury that afflicts the world's most marginalized women. But it can be repaired – and prevented. © UNFPA Cameroon/Olive Bonga

14 July 2017

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Youth offer solutions to global problems, if leaders take action now

Edith Nambalirwa is reaching other youth with her entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health. © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler

18 July 2017

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