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Dual calamity as floods hit India’s Bihar state amid pandemic

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Flooding has disrupted access to essential services and items, with women and children affected most severely. © UNFPA and Plan International India
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The Rohingya influx, three years on

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Midwife Rotna speaks with Minara about her newborn baby. Maternal health services are continuing despite the pandemic. © UNFPA
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Mobile health teams bring critical services to women in remote Afghanistan

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A mobile health team midwife provides health services to a remote community. © ARCS Afghanistan
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Mobile medical units deployed as Beirut health system copes after explosion

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Beirut residents receive support from a mobile medical unit run by Amel Association, with support from UNFPA. © UNFPA Lebanon
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On World Humanitarian Day, UNFPA applauds real-life superheroes

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In Nepal, Mitraminu Dhakal provides care to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns.
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Eswatini SMS service helps women access family planning, food amid pandemic

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Midwife Margaret Thwala-Tembe says her clinic has seen a decline in women receiving antenatal and safe delivery services. © UNFPA Eswatini
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For pregnant COVID-19 patients in Egypt, a safe place to deliver

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Mayada Reda holds her healthy newborn son, Mohamed. She was able to safely deliver in a quarantine hospital in Cairo. © UNFPA Egypt/Roger Anis
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Putting the brakes on COVID-19: Safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls

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The global community must show solidarity to survive the pandemic, says UNFPA's Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem.
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Health workers in West Africa “in daily danger” while providing reproductive health services

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A midwife speaks about family planning at a family planning "open house" at a health centre in Assahoun, Togo. © UNFPA Togo/Rita Gbodui
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Pregnant indigenous women in Panama face COVID-19 fears, lack of transport

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For some communities, the nearest health centre is two days away. ©UNFPA Panama/Osman Esquivel López
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