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Roadmap promises to save lives of 140,000 women and 250,000 newborns

08 July 2014
Participants in the MDG Advocates meeting, in Kigali, take a selfie. Included are (left-right) Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin. Photo credit: Paul Kagame/Flickr
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UN Secretary-General pledges support to reduce maternal death in Kenya

06 July 2014
Siddharth Chatterjee, the UNFPA Representative in Kenya, met with the Kenyan First Lady in June to discuss advancing maternal health in the country. Photo credit: Office of the First Lady
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With 546 days left to score Millennium Development Goals, new roadmap released to save lives of additional 140,000 women, 250,000 newborns by end of 2015

03 July 2014
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In South Sudan camp, midwifery training offers a crucial a lifeline

07 July 2014
<p>Marsa Nyaluak and midwife trainee Ana Chuoch David in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. Ms. David was able to save both Ms. Nyaluak and her daughter, Happy, when complications arose during childbirth. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA/Jaime Jacques</i> </p>
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Women and girls at risk as conflict escalates in Iraq

30 June 2014
<p>Siblings take shelter in a school in Duhok Governorate, Iraq, after fleeing recent fighting. Photo credit: <i>UNHCR/S. Baldwin</i> </p>
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Empowering communities saves women's lives in Tigray, Ethiopia

02 July 2014
Mitslal Giday and Beruho Gebrezgi convene a forum for pregnant women in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw
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Supporting survivors of gender-based violence in war-ravaged Syria

26 June 2014
<p>Syrian women participate in a session on gender-based violence and reproductive health issues at the Al-Shagour centre in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Syria / Hamada Smesem</i> </p>
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Violence against women and girls: enough is enough, says UNFPA Head

25 June 2014
Displaced women are escorted by peacekeepers as they collect firewood in Sudan, in 2010. The women say they fear being assaulted when they leave their homes. Photo credit: UN Photo/Albert Gonz&aacute;lez Farran
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“Horse-cart of hope” offers critical health-care access to expectant mothers

23 June 2014
<p>Chief nurse Mamadou Fall with a UNFPA-provided horse-cart at the health post in Dodel. <i>Photo credit: APANEWS</i> </p>
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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

19 June 2014
Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar
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