Unsafe, unreliable: Dangerous pregnancy-prevention methods

Around the world, people are resorting to dangerous, ineffective methods to prevent pregnancy – an indication of the enormous need for family planning access and education.

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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

10 July 2018

Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan

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Brief on the medicalization of female genital mutilation

Resource date: 18 June 2018

Author: UNFPA

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After ‘Volcano of Fire’ eruption, women and girls face heightened risks

05 July 2018

Women and girls require security, health care and other services in the aftermath of the disaster. © UNFPA Guatemala/Carlos Sebastián

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Health facilities, safe spaces reinforced as monsoon rains threaten Rohingya refugees

02 July 2018

As the monsoon season hits Cox's Bazar, refugees at Kutapalong refugee camp and elsewhere fear they are vulnerable to landslides. © UNHCR/Adam Dean

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Sexual and reproductive health needs immense among Rohingya refugees

29 June 2018

Health workers rush to assist Salima Khatum at the Nayapara refugee camp maternity centre. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Allison Joyce

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Sir Prince Ramsey, Guttmacher Institute and Save a Child’s Heart recognized with UN Population Award

26 June 2018

Martha Pobee, Ghana's Permanent Representative and Chair of the Committee for the United Nations Population Award, together with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, who serves as the Award Committee's Secretary, at the 2018 UN Population Awards. © UNFPA/ Usenabasi Esiet

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Midwife escapes death after being denied maternal health care

25 June 2018

Najat suffered a traumatic birth injury, and nearly died, after her in-laws refused to take her to a hospital during labour. © National Midwives Association/UNFPA

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Breaking taboos around sexual and reproductive health in rural Georgia

21 June 2018

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This World Refugee Day, recognizing the strength and courage of refugees

20 June 2018

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