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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #60 1-31 August 2017

Resource date: 31 August 2017

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Women stand strong after Irma

29 September 2017

At the National Technical Training Centre, resident Dediemay Thomas (left) stands with shelter manager Samantha Burnette. © UNFPA/Katheline Ruiz

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Leaders urge access to reproductive health supplies in crisis settings

28 September 2017

Ahlam was able to safely give birth by Caesarean section at a health facility with UNFPA-provided supplies. © UNFPA Yemen/Fahmia Al-Fotih

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Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria

25 September 2017

Yana Duka is one of 35 cholera patients in a provisional health facility in Muna camp. She lost her pregnancy after falling ill. © UNFPA/Anne Wittenberg

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Leaders at United Nations address sexual violence as a weapon of war

20 September 2017

"Please don't give up," urges a message at a clinic in Dohuk, Iraq, specializing in treatment for survivors of sexual violence. Sexual and gender-based violence are commonly seen as tactics of warfare. © UNFPAIraq/Turchenkova

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UNFPA Response in Yemen Monthly Situation Report #8 – August 2017

Resource date: 31 August 2017

Author: UNFPA Yemen

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UNFPA aid reaches Deir Ez-Zor City for the first time in three years

15 September 2017

UNFPA delivered hygiene supplies to the city of Deir Ez-Zor, which had been inaccessible to humanitarians for three years. © Syrian Arab Red Crescent

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Yemen's cholera outbreak taking toll on women and girls

September 15, 2017

Yemen is witnessing the worst cholera outbreak in the world. One person dies every hour, and 5,000 or more people are suspected of cholera or acute watery diarrhoea every day.

Pregnant women are at high risk. UNFPA estimates the lives of 1.1 million malnourished pregnant women are at risk. See more here.

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Flooding, mudslides leave communities devastated, pregnant women in need

14 September 2017

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