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Stunning plunge in maternal deaths recorded in Maldives
12 October 2016
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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life
10 October 2016
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Aug 2016
Author
United Nations Secretary-General
Resources
Intensifying efforts to end obstetric fistula: Report of the Secretary-General (A/71/306)
News
After harrowing escape, South Sudan woman welcomes healthy twins
04 October 2016
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Giving birth upright, with maté – Peru clinics open arms to indigenous women
29 September 2016
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Astrologers, shamans and priests mobilize against child marriage in Nepal
27 September 2016
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Organizations raise alarm over “global contraceptive crisis”
26 September 2016
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Companies pledge to help reduce childbirth deaths in crisis settings
21 September 2016
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Video
Saving lives through mentoring
15 September 2016
https://youtu.be/rRIDGDT2P2g
In Burkina Faso, a mentoring programme for midwives is saving the lives of women and newborns.
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Sham: a story of hope amid darkness
16 September 2016
https://youtu.be/VCHc8JWyx24
Sham was born the day after her mother was evacuated from Daryaa, Syria. Her mother was transferred by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to the hospital so she could give birth safely.
After Sham was delivered, she and her mother were moved to the Hirjaleh shelter, where they have been receiving UNFPA-provided medical care and support.