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We can and must end preventable maternal deaths

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

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Apr 2025

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Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2023: Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

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Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

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“Every pregnancy these days is a struggle”: Restoring life-saving healthcare in Gaza

calendar_today10 March 2025

A temporary health centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza is supported by UNFPA through health workers, essential medicine and equipment. © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous

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Bridging worlds: A Bolivian midwife blends traditional practices with modern medicine for safer childbirth

calendar_today29 January 2025

Ana Choque, a midwife with over 45 years of experience, at the Regional Intercultural Symposium on the Maternal Health of Indigenous Women in Mexico. Credit: © UNFPA LACRO / Adrián Ibáñez

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“This support gives us hope”: A journey to motherhood in the midst of Tropical Cyclone Chido

calendar_today20 January 2025

At eight months pregnant, Massiala Agostinho receives vital antenatal care from UNFPA, helping to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy even amid the challenges of Cyclone Chido © UNFPA Mozambique / António Mussuque

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“Where are we supposed to go?”: Women and girls in northern Gaza endure displacement, hunger and healthcare under attack

calendar_today25 November 2024

Since 6 October 2024, some 130,000 people have been uprooted from North Gaza to Gaza city. In some displacement sites, up to 70 per cent of those sheltering are children and women. Credit: UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic.

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Women deliver babies on the road and under fire as catastrophe grips Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

calendar_today12 December 2024

As violence intensifies across southeast Sudan, hundreds of thousands of people have fled Aj Jazirah State for neighbouring Gedaref State, taking refuge in cramped, makeshift camps. Credit: © UNFPA Sudan

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In the West Bank, mobile healthcare teams are a lifeline amid crisis

calendar_today04 November 2024

Duaa Adwa has brought her son to the mobile healthcare team during their visit to Bethlehem’s Al Uqban Village. During past visits, the team had been unable to dispense fever medicine for Ms. Adwa’s son because of supply shortages. © UNFPA/Lisa Sabella

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Attacked, understaffed, underfunded: Healthcare shortages endanger pregnant women in north-west Syria

calendar_today23 October 2024

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We can and must end preventable maternal deaths

Trends in Maternal Mortality 2000-2023: Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

“Every pregnancy these days is a struggle”: Restoring life-saving healthcare in Gaza

Bridging worlds: A Bolivian midwife blends traditional practices with modern medicine for safer childbirth

“This support gives us hope”: A journey to motherhood in the midst of Tropical Cyclone Chido

“Where are we supposed to go?”: Women and girls in northern Gaza endure displacement, hunger and healthcare under attack

Women deliver babies on the road and under fire as catastrophe grips Sudan’s Aj Jazirah State

In the West Bank, mobile healthcare teams are a lifeline amid crisis

Attacked, understaffed, underfunded: Healthcare shortages endanger pregnant women in north-west Syria

We can and must end preventable maternal deaths

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