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19 September 2019
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The decline in maternal deaths is far from adequate, UNFPA officials say. In Yemen, a pregnant woman with cholera receives care. © UNFPA Yemen
Preventable maternal deaths down from 2000, but rate of progress at a crawl
"The decline is far from adequate,” said UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem. Data from 2017 show that approximately 810 women die each day of preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
16 September 2019
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Doctors, nurses and midwives celebrate with Anna Bondo as she leaves the Neonatal Unit with her daughter Dorcas. © UNFPA Liberia
Joy after a frightening preterm delivery in Liberia
Out of nine pregnancies, Anna Bondo had suffered seven stillbirths, each one a crushing heartbreak. Last month, pregnant for the tenth time, Ms. Bondo went into an early labour, and immediately feared the worst.
6 September 2019
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Om Asma and her baby survived thanks to a Caesarean section delivery at one of the few UNFPA-supported hospitals still open in Yemen. © UNFPA Yemen
Life-saving services at risk as humanitarian funding dries up in Yemen
Every two hours, a Yemeni woman dies from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
4 September 2019
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A displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by crises within the country. © UNFPA DRC
Urgent support needed for violence-affected women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Thousands of women and girls have been subjected to gender-based violence.
3 September 2019
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The ambulance, provided in 2011, has eased the cost and difficulty of receiving emergency maternal and paediatric care. © UNFPA/Nasser Youssouf
In this Comorian community, an ambulance horn is music to one’s ears
Who has not heard the horn of the Ouzioini ambulance? The ambulance’s distinctive low-pitched horn is a welcome sound to Ouzioini residents, who, until 2011, had to find their own transport to emergency care – at great... Read more
29 August 2019
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Dr. Samama speaks to Ms. Tugay at a local clinic in conflict-affected Maguindanao, Philippines. © UNFPA Philippines/Kim Ian Tiu
Ensuring safe deliveries in a humanitarian crisis in Maguindanao
Clean delivery kits help displaced women give birth safely in the conflict-affected southern Philippines.
27 August 2019
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A midwife performs an antenatal check up during a mobile health team visit in Nangarhar Province. © UNFPA Afghanistan
Mobile health teams bring life-saving care to fragile communities in Afghanistan
"We did not have enough money to take care of my health," Raihana said.
26 August 2019
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UNFPA is supporting workshops to train health workers on sexual and reproductive health issues. © UNFPA Venezuela
Amid economic exodus, left-behind women begin to feel safe in Venezuela
Sexual and reproductive health conditions are starting to improve thanks to UNFPA-supported workshops for health workers.
16 August 2019
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Police Officer Chrestine Espinorio, Dr. Nadhira Abdulcarim and social worker Umme Limbona work together to support survivors of violence at a hospital-based crisis centre. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
All-women team provides life-saving humanitarian support in Marawi
Umme Limbona remembers when she had to leap from a third-storey window – onto a neighbouring terrace – to escape a siege. It would not be her last act of heroism.
12 August 2019
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When supported and empowered, young people can change the world. “I want to help Uganda,” says Edith Nambalirwa, a peer educator. “If I cannot do it with money, let me do it with knowledge.” © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler
Helping young people take charge of their bodies, their lives, our world
There are 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24. Listen to their voices.

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