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Publisher
UNFPA, UNICEF, UN-Women, PAHO, NBEC
Publication date
Jul 2023
Resources
Maternal Health Analysis of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas
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
24 April 2023
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News
UNFPA midwives on call to ensure safe births in Afghanistan’s most remote villages
16 March 2023
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Publisher
WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division
Publication date
Feb 2023
Number of pages
108
Publication
Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2020
Estimates by 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
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
16 February 2023
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News
In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis
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
12 January 2023
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Video
Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson
12 December 2022
https://youtu.be/DL_7Yhxk-Ac
https://youtu.be/DL_7Yhxk-Ac
Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson
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.