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Boosting trust and skilled birth attendance in Cameroon’s health facilities

Midwife Stella Tchiwobe outside the UNFPA-supported health facility in Bana, in western Cameroon. Credit: UNFPA Cameroon
  • 02 October 2024
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A year of war in Gaza: One mother’s hardships, heartbreak – and hope

Nearly two million people in Gaza have been forced from their homes, many of them repeatedly, since October 2023. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic
  • 25 September 2024
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The European Union and UNFPA join forces to strengthen women's health in Afghanistan

24 Sep 2024

The contribution will be directed towards support in reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health and nutrition care in Afghanistan for the next three years. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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“We say: Yes, you can”: Facing adversity and protecting women in the Peruvian jungle

Dafne Aquino travels long distances in a small boat to reach the most remote communities of indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon. Credit: UNFPA Peru / Polo Santos
  • 13 September 2024
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“A race against time”: Djamila’s journey to hospital by canoe in flood-ravaged Cameroon

A pregnant woman is stranded by her house amid recent flooding in Cameroon’s Far North region. Credit: UNFPA Cameroon / Samuel Sawalda
  • 11 September 2024
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As Russian air strikes escalate against Ukraine, a hospital in Kyiv struggles to care for pregnant women and newborns

The Kyiv Regional Perinatal Centre, supported by UNFPA, is a critical maternity and newborn health facility in the city. Credit UNFPA Ukraine/ Isaac Hurskin
  • 27 August 2024
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Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, meet the midwife who stayed, delivered – and saved lives

Midwife Mariza Ahmadi assisted Ms. Sughra to safely deliver her son, Farhad, at the Ahangaran family health house in the remote Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
  • 21 August 2024
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“There are people willing to listen”: How census takers go above and beyond to count people as they are

Census supervisor Alejandra Alarcón Soliz helped a woman in labour access care amid the country’s census. © UNFPA Bolivia / Alejandra Alarcón Soliz
  • 10 July 2024
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Japan contributes US$2.4 million to strengthen lifesaving services for Yemeni women and girls

26 Jul 2024

New funding from Japan will provide more than 120,000 vulnerable women and girls with access to life-saving reproductive health and protection services in Yemen.
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