Resources

Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas

Resource date: Jul 2023

Publisher: UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, PAHO, NBEC

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News

“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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News

UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages

Midwife Suhila Rasuli on her way to visit a pregnant woman in a remote area of Nimroz province, Afghanistan. © Naqibullah Rahimi/MOVE Afghanistan
  • 16 March 2023
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Publication

Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2020

Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

Number of pages: 108

Publication date: 01 Feb 2023

Publisher: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

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News

A neglected global crisis for women: Nearly 300,000 mothers died in 2020 from preventable causes

Newly graduated midwife Sakila Chaulagian in 2020. © UNFPA Nepal
  • 23 February 2023
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Press Release

A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies

23 February 2023

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News

Survivors face new risks in earthquake-ravaged Türkiye as health and protection services brought to the brink

Women wait hopefully for their relatives to be reached in rescue efforts in Andiyaman, Türkiye, following the devastating earthquakes that struck on 6 February. © UNFPA Türkiye/Eren Korkmaz
  • 16 February 2023
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News

In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provide critical maternal health care amid floods, conflict and an ongoing refugee crisis. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 17 January 2023
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News

As drought tightens its grip on Kenya, a motorcycle ambulance is helping women to access critical health care

The motorcycle ambulance has significantly reduced the time required to deliver essential and urgent medical assistance to local communities.© UNFPA/Luis Tato
  • 12 January 2023
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Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

Published on: 12/12/2022

When she found out she was pregnant, Carolina was afraid to go to the hospital.

She had heard that in Brazil, women of color had been discriminated against and treated violently by healthcare staff.

Thanks to a programme supported by UNFPA and Johnson & Johnson, midwives like Leonor are now trained on how to respect and protect their patients’ reproductive rights.

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