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With a midwife’s help, quadruplets are safely delivered in remote Afghanistan

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An expectant mother receives a check up at the Qaramat Family Health House in Afghanistan's central highlands. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Midwives: health heroes for women, adolescent girls and newborns

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Midwives on the frontlines of fighting maternal death in Somalia

calendar_today05 May 2016

Two midwives place an intravenous drip for a patient at the maternity ward of Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu. © UN Photo/Tobin Jones
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Pregnant in a city under siege: Yemeni refugees find safety and maternal services in Djibouti

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Women and children displaced from Taizz City receive services from UNFPA. © UNFPA Yemen
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Dispatches from the road: UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd describes visiting refugees in Jordan

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In April, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd spent two weeks on mission in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Mohammad Abu Ghosh
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Two years since the Chibok girls’ abduction: Providing support for women and girls surviving Boko Haram

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UNFPA has supported 6.2 million people impacted by the Boko Haram insurgency in North-eastern Nigeria. © UNFPA Nigeria
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Transforming lives by improving access to fistula repair in Nepal

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Before 2010, few women in Nepal could access fistula repair surgery. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA
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A new mobile app brings the digital revolution to adolescent maternal care in Uganda

calendar_today08 April 2016

Team GetIN members (left to right) Hope Kirabo, Busingye Joshua, Gift Mbabazi and Donald Rukanga during a field visit to Kanungu district. © UNFPA Uganda
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How a new blood bank is saving the lives of pregnant women in Darfur

calendar_today05 April 2016

A patient with emergency obstetric complications receives a life-saving blood transfusion at El Fasher Maternity Hospital. © UNFPA Sudan
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Ensuring safe deliveries for women in conflict-affected areas of Eastern Ukraine

calendar_today31 March 2016

Elena had to flee from her home in Makiivka due to heavy shelling. © UNFPA Ukraine/Maks Levin
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