News

Success at Nyarugusu: How one of the world’s largest refugee camps achieved zero maternal deaths in 2022

Not one woman died while giving birth at Nyarugusu refugee camp in 2022 – representing a remarkable achievement. © UNFPA Tanzania/Bright Warren
  • 10 April 2023
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News

After eight years of conflict and despite a fragile truce, childbirth still a matter of life and death in Yemen

Aydah Mohamed takes care of newborns in the neonatal department of the UNFPA-supported Al Shaab Hospital in Aden, Yemen. ©UNFPA/Ala’a Aldoly
  • 31 March 2023
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News

“Midwives are the bridge”: Educator Duncan Shikuku on helping maternal health providers ease women’s fears and save lives

Midwives educated to international standards, who are licensed, regulated, fully integrated into health systems and working in interprofessional teams can help avoid about two thirds of all maternal and newborn deaths. © UNFPA Kenya
  • 01 March 2023
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Giving birth during a tropical cyclone

01 May 2023

Taking the fear out of childbirth in Latin America

05 May 2023

News

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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Publication

Preventing and addressing stillbirths along the continuum of care: A global advocacy and implementation guide

Number of pages: 86

Publication date: 23 May 2023

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, International Stillbirth Alliance, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Ensuring safe births after Syria’s devastating earthquakes

Published on: 22/05/2023

Maternity hospitals in Syria are under immense strain after the recent earthquakes.

UNFPA is providing vital maternal health care to ensure women give birth safely. Learn more. 

Press Release

Global progress in tackling maternal and newborn deaths stalls since 2015: UN

09 May 2023

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News

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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