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Emergency surgery saves lives in Cameroon, but more access needed

BATOURI, Cameroon – On a quiet Sunday afternoon at the Batouri District Hospital in eastern Cameroon, Dr. Abdourahamane Diallo was preparing to go home when a motorbike rushed up to the maternity ward. A heavily…

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Good morning, Chad: Radio breaks down barriers to sexual and reproductive health

KOUMRA, Chad – In the conservative, traditional communities of southern Chad, a bold radio programme is bringing sex-related issues to the airwaves. But the show is not hosted by shock jocks. Rather, it is the work of…

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Now Ebola-free, Liberia’s maternal health needs take centre stage

MONROVIA, Liberia/UNITED NATIONS, New York –- Two days ago, Liberia was declared Ebola-free, following a tragic 13-month-long outbreak that saw the deaths of nearly 5,000 people. But while the outbreak is now officially…

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Banishing Ethiopia's 'Mother Stealer'

AMHARA REGION, Ethiopia – They called it the Stealer. It came to their homes in this remote part of northern Ethiopia, and claimed the lives of women in childbirth. It took Asmer Geremew’s mother, as well as her younger…

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Hundreds freed from Boko Haram require medical care, counselling

ABUJA, Nigeria – Hundreds of women and children held by the militant group Boko Haram have been rescued by the Nigerian army in recent weeks. UNFPA is providing support to the freed women and girls in Borno and Adamawa…

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Reaching quake-affected pregnant women in Nepal

KAVRE DISTRICT, Nepal – In Nepal’s Kavre District, devastation stretches as far as the eye can see. Last week’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake flattened most of the homes in Kavre’s Rampur Village, and the majority of the…

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Midwives could help avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

COTONOU, Benin – “I have seen more and more women with child-delivery problems suffer needlessly,” said midwife Florence Djihoun, 48, at her UNFPA-supported clinic in Cotonou, Benin. Globally, complications of pregnancy…

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Student midwives prepare to save lives in rural Bangladesh

Midwives-in-training hover over plastic anatomical models and practice using foetal stethoscopes the Dinajpur Nursing Institute, in northern Bangladesh. The skills they develop here will save countless lives. “I am…

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After flight from Syria, refugee women in Iraq find safety, support

ERBIL, Iraq – When 39-year-old Asma crossed the border from Syria into Iraq, all she could think about was the son she was leaving behind. “It was the worst day of my life – worse than all the shooting and attacks in…

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