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Pregnant and Vulnerable: Meeting the Needs of Women in Haiti

27 January 2010

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Two African Beauty Queens on a Mission to End Obstetric Fistula

Frances Tekyi Mensah, aka Miss Ghana@50, travels to villages and towns throughout her country to raise awareness about obstetric fistula and to improve the lives of women with this devastating injury of childbearing. Photo:UNFPA Ghana.

24 January 2010

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Delivering into Chaos: UNFPA Rushes Reproductive Health Supplies to Haiti

25 January 2010

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Midwifery and Nursing Schools Destroyed by Haiti Earthquake

The destruction of its Ministry of Women's Affairs as well as the loss of schools training midwives and nurses, will futher complicate Haiti's efforts to address women's needs. Photo: Carina Wint/UNFPA.

22 January 2010

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Hungry and Homeless: Pregnant Women Seek Safe Births in Devastated City

Chief nurse Marlene Dejean Gaudent and obstetrician Francois Clauden Maxcene helped deliver babies at the Hospital General's maternity ward Tuesday. Photo: Carina Wint/UNFPA.

20 January 2010

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Overcrowded Hospital Wards: Performing Caesarean Sections on a Park Bench

Emergency care is being delivered in makeshift hospitals in Port-au-Prince. Photo: Carina Wint.

18 January 2010

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Waiting to Give Birth Among Rubble and Disaster Victims

Bird's eye view of a neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, devastated by the 12 January earthquake. Photo:Trygve Olfarnes-UNFPA

16 January 2010

Press Release

Appeal Launched for Emergency Assistance to Thousands of Pregnant Women at High Risk in Haiti

15 January 2010

Press Release

Maternal Health Supplies Being Rushed to Haiti

14 January 2010

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Scaling Up Access to Family Planning in Southern Ethiopia

A nurse supervisor training health extension workers on contraceptive insertion. Photo : Abraham Gelaw/UNFPA.

11 January 2010

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