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The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Publication date

Jul 2017

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UNFPA

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Annual Report

The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Towards Equality in Access, Quality of Care and Accountability

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Alarming shortage of health personnel in conflict-affected Nigeria

calendar_today29 August 2017

Midwife Hauwa Lassa (third from left) shows colleagues how to use UNFPA-supplied equipment to safely deliver babies. © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA

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Nepal floods put pregnant women and new mothers at risk

calendar_today29 August 2017

Babita Rishidev waded for hours in murky floodwaters, carrying her 38-day-old infant. © UNFPA Nepal/Hari Bhusal

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Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

calendar_today15 August 2017

Yveka, 17, visits a midwife during the mobile clinic. © UNFPA

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Over 10,000 women and girls reached in disaster-affected Peru

calendar_today18 August 2017

Women and girls face some of the greatest challenges, including the threat of dengue fever and Zika to pregnant women, barriers to family planning, and increased risk of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Peru/Juan Pablo Casapia

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Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

calendar_today03 August 2017

Globally, pregnancy-related complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19. Photograph by Lucy Tomasino

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Midwifery hotline offers emergency support in Afghanistan

calendar_today02 August 2017

Expert midwife Tahira Nazari provides support to health workers at the Midwifery Helpline in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ahmadullah Amarkhil

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In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

calendar_today11 July 2017

Anjana rests with her newborn baby in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. Both mother and baby survived an obstructed labour, thanks to the intervention of a midwife. © CIPRB/Animesh Biswas

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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

calendar_today28 July 2017

Women participate in a community discussion about ending practices that are harmful to women and girls. In this session, they are talking about child marriage. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash

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Contraceptives reach rural women through pioneering system

calendar_today31 July 2017

Midwife Nan Win Phyu at the Nam Khoke Rural Health Centre uses a family planning wheel to explain contraceptive options. © UNFPA Myanmar/Si Thu Soe Moe

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The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Towards Equality in Access, Quality of Care and Accountability

Alarming shortage of health personnel in conflict-affected Nigeria

Nepal floods put pregnant women and new mothers at risk

Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

Over 10,000 women and girls reached in disaster-affected Peru

Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

Midwifery hotline offers emergency support in Afghanistan

In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

Contraceptives reach rural women through pioneering system

The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Towards Equality in Access, Quality of Care and Accountability

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