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Saving lives through mentoring

calendar_today15 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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As displacements soar, Juba’s burdened clinics improvise to keep childbirth safe

calendar_today16 September 2016

A midwife delivers a baby at a health facility in Juba. At UNFPA-supported health facilities in Juba's protection camps, many of the midwives are themselves displaced people. © UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Calaguian Alano

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Refugees’ and migrants’ reproductive health needs overlooked

calendar_today14 September 2016

Global leaders are set to meet next week at the first-ever Summit on Migrants and Refugees. At stake are the rights, health and well-being of hundreds of millions of migrants and tens of millions of refugees. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab

Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2015

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UNFPA

Publication date

2016

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UNFPA

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Annual Report

Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2015

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Flood relief in Myanmar includes family planning supplies

calendar_today31 August 2016

Phoo Ngun, her husband Zaw Moe and their two daughters in the flood-devastated Ayayawady Region. Family planning supplies will help flood-affected women recover without worrying about unplanned pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming

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Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

calendar_today29 August 2016

A nurse and a survivor of the Boko Haram insurgency at an antenatal check-up. UNFPA has provided the clinic, at the GGSS displacement camp, with reproductive health kits, clean delivery kits and dignity kits. © UNFPA Nigeria

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Haitian women felled by preventable cancer; simple test to save lives

calendar_today26 August 2016

A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides free cervical cancer screenings, in addition to a host of obstetric and newborn services. Early detection and treatment will save lives. © Jared Chambers

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May 2016

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UNFPA Western and Central Africa Regional Office

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1000s of lives saved during Ebola outbreak

A photobook on safe childbirth

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Aug 2016

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UNFPA Yemen

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Strengthening Reproductive Health Care in Ibb, Yemen

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No place too far: Midwives deployed to far-flung villages in Myanmar

calendar_today29 July 2016

Midwife Daw Aye Myint visits the home of a new mother for a postpartum check-up in the remote region of Magway. © UNFPA Myanmar

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Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2015

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Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

Haitian women felled by preventable cancer; simple test to save lives

1000s of lives saved during Ebola outbreak

A photobook on safe childbirth

Strengthening Reproductive Health Care in Ibb, Yemen

No place too far: Midwives deployed to far-flung villages in Myanmar

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