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Hundreds freed from Boko Haram require medical care, counselling

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This family has lost two children to abductions by Boko Haram – an 18-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy. Their home was also burned to the ground by the insurgents. They are now living in a displacement camp in Adamawa State. © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-0636/Rich
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Reaching quake-affected pregnant women in Nepal

calendar_today05 May 2015

Sabina Dauwar, 17, is living in a tent after her home was flattened by the earthquake in Rampur Village, Kavre District. She is three months pregnant. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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  • Midwives could help avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

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Midwives could help avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

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Abissdoum Charlotte, 26, with her 7-week-old triplets, Morouta, Nasifaté and Nasif. She is receiving post-natal and newborn care at the Cooperative Clinic of Sikecoudji, in Cotonou, Benin. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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  • Student midwives prepare to save lives in rural Bangladesh

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Student midwives prepare to save lives in rural Bangladesh

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Midwifery student Selina Akter plays the role of a mother as students practice post-natal care at the Dinajpur Nursing Institute in northern Bangladesh. © Nicolas Axelrod / Ruom for UNFPA
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  • New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

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New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

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Earthquake survivors survey the damage in Bungmati, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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  • Bringing lifesaving reproductive health care to remote Mozambique

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Bringing lifesaving reproductive health care to remote Mozambique

calendar_today27 April 2015

Constangelina Basílio with her son, Magalhães. Ms. Basílio nearly died while giving birth to Magalhães. She now works as a community health activist. © UNFPA/Amancio Vilankulos
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  • Tens of thousands of pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

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Tens of thousands of pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

calendar_today27 April 2015

A mother tends to a child injured in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal. UNFPA’s initial estimates indicate over 50,000 pregnant women and girls could be affected. © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1013/Nybo
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  • Up a tree and eight months pregnant: A woman’s ordeal in the Malawi floods

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Up a tree and eight months pregnant: A woman’s ordeal in the Malawi floods

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Alimanda holds her two-week old daughter in the Marka Camp in Malawi. During the floods, she and her children were rescued from a tree. Six weeks later, she gave birth on her way to a health centre. © UNFPA/Jayne Chisenga
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3,000th baby born at UNFPA-supported clinic in Zaatari refugee camp

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Baby Obada was the 3,000th safe delivery at a UNFPA-supported clinic in Zaatari, the sprawling refugee camp in Syria. © JHAS/UNFPA
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  • Putting human rights at the heart of reproductive health

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Putting human rights at the heart of reproductive health

calendar_today17 April 2015

A new mother attends a culturally sensitive counselling session at the Jose Domingo De Obaldia Hospital in David, Panama. © UNFPA/Guadalupe Valdes
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