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Joy amid uncertainty: Syrian women enter motherhood in displacement

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Fatima and Rasha are visited by a UNFPA coordinator after the birth of their daughters. The babies were born on the same day. © UNFPA Syria
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  • Pregnancy complications take one woman from island paradise to nightmare at sea

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Pregnancy complications take one woman from island paradise to nightmare at sea

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Aisha Tiro Bahero nearly died from pregnancy-related complications at her home on a tropical island off the coast of Kenya. © UNFPA/Douglas Waudo
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  • Reaching women and girls across the line of fire in Myanmar’s Kachin conflict

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Reaching women and girls across the line of fire in Myanmar’s Kachin conflict

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Families, including pregnant women, children, and disabled and elderly people, have fled shelling and airstrikes in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State. © Metta Development Foundation
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  • Women’s health needs persist in conflict-affected Kachin State

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Women’s health needs persist in conflict-affected Kachin State

calendar_today26 January 2017

“The mobile clinic doctor and midwife have given me the confidence to give birth in the hospital, rather than at home," Ei Ngae told UNFPA. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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  • Thousands reached in Somalia reproductive health campaign

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Thousands reached in Somalia reproductive health campaign

calendar_today20 January 2017

The outreach campaign provided antenatal care, postpartum services, family planning counselling and many other services. © UNFPA Somalia
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  • Initiative brings sexual health information to remote parts of Cambodia

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Initiative brings sexual health information to remote parts of Cambodia

calendar_today20 January 2017

After attending the ourtreach session, Kem Lean, 16, decided to receive antenatal care and give birth in a health facility. © UNFPA Cambodia/Monika Mey
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  • Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas

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Restoring reproductive health access for millions in Boko Haram-affected areas

calendar_today18 January 2017

UNFPA is working to restore access to reproductive health care for about 4.5 million crisis-affected people in Nigeria. UNFPA is also supporting safe spaces for women and girls. © UNFPA Nigeria
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  • Women’s needs staggering as winter grips Aleppo, UN convoy finds

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Women’s needs staggering as winter grips Aleppo, UN convoy finds

calendar_today13 January 2017

UNFPA, with its partner the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, distributes hygiene kits in Aleppo during a recent assessment mission. © UNFPA Syria
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  • Refugees spread the word about safe birth services in Uganda

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Refugees spread the word about safe birth services in Uganda

calendar_today12 January 2017

After Flora and Patrick Anduga fled the bloody conflict in South Sudan, they learned about basic maternal health and reproductive health care – information they are eager to share. © ACORD
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