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

20 June 2018
Ghalia survived her ordeal thanks to the support of other refugees.© UNFPA
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Reaching “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar cut off from basic maternal care

11 June 2018
Phu Tu Nee, 19, gave birth with a UNFPA clean delivery kit as the first tropical storm of the monsoon season descended on the camps and villages of “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Finding a way out of child marriage and towards a vocation

04 June 2018
Children run towards the sprawl of Domiz 1 camp in northeastern Iraq, where UNFPA-supported women’s and youth centres provide support and care for Syrian refugees. © UNHCR/B. Sokol/November 2012
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