News

List view Grid view
  • News

UNFPA Provides Nigerian Hospitals with Equipment and Supplies to Save Mothers' Lives

KATSINA STATE, Nigeria — Dr. David Nsimma works quickly. His patient, Maryama Aliyu, is bleeding internally and slipping into shock.

Read story
  • News

Special Delivery: Midwife Pledges to Help Save Mothers' and Infants' Lives After Losing Her Own Babies

BARDOT, San Pedro, Cote d’Ivoire</strong> — Odette Koffi-Brou knows firsthand the dangers of delivering a baby without a skilled birth attendant present.

Read story
  • News

RHIYA Programme Officially Ends, But Its Legacy Continues

BRUSSELS – The EU/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (RHIYA) officially ended last week, but its legacy will continue, according to a number of speakers at the high-level conference ‘Adolescent…

Read story
  • News

Women's Empowerment Key to Achieving UN's Goals, Says Ban Ki-moon

UNITED NATIONS – Stressing that the empowerment of women is vital to achieving peace and security, improved living standards and respect for human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has underscored the need to…

Read story
  • News

Providing Maternal Health Care in Ecuador's Amazon Region

ORELLANA PROVINCE, Ecuador — Widman Jimenez, a farmer in Ecuador’s fertile, but sometimes tumultuous Amazon region, has the intensity of someone who is driven by a cause.

Read story
  • News

UN Heads Welcome New Campaign to Avert Maternal and Child Deaths, and Norway's $1 Billion Pledge

UNITED NATIONS, New York — Women leaders of the United Nations welcomed today’s launch of a global campaign to eliminate maternal and child deaths around the world.

Read story
  • News

Delivering Hope to Women with Fistula in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger — Fifty-five-year-old Hanna Moussa keeps a carefully wrapped bar of soap with her at all times.

Read story
  • News

A New Declaration Enshrines the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

NEW YORK, NY — Twenty-five years after consultations on the subject began, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark declaration on the rights of indigenous people by an overwhelming majority.

Read story
  • News

Fistula Fundraiser Nets $140,000

LONDON, United Kingdom — A recent celebrity bowl-a-thon at London’s All Star Lanes hosted by Australian singer/actress Natalie Imbruglia and Virgin Unite, charitable arm of the Virgin Group, raised more than $140,000…

Read story

We use cookies and other identifiers to help improve your online experience. By using our website you agree to this, see our cookie policy

X