News

Dominican Republic project champions welfare of mothers amid COVID-19 pandemic

29 March 2021
Lucía García, 19, is pregnant with her third child. Despite the hardships of the pandemic, she feels more prepared for childbirth than before. © AFP/UNFPA Dominican Republic
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Mobile clinics deliver last-mile reproductive health care in Madagascar

26 March 2021
A pregnant woman en route to deliver her child at Regional Reference Hospital of Ambovombe in Androy region, Madagascar. Trips by cart can sometimes take the entire day. © UNFPA Madagascar
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Events

The Power to Say Yes, the Right to Say No

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News

From child bride to midwife saving lives of Afghan mothers

10 March 2021
Amina Mansoory is the only midwife serving in a remote district (population:1500) of Herat province in western Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Events

International Women’s Day 2021

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News

Women supporting women: Female bus conductors drive out violence in Bhutan

01 March 2021
Kelsang Tshomo is a bus conductor and peer counsellor working to eradicate gender-based violence among fellow female conductors and passengers on public transportation. © UNFPA Bhutan/Sunita Giri
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Press release

Supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova teams up with UNFPA to end the stigma around women’s bodies and health

24 February 2021
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Resources

Executive Summary: Implementation Manual for developing a national network of maternity units

Resource date: 01 September 2020

Author: UNFPA

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This document is the executive summary of the implementation manual for developing a national network of maternity units and aims to give the key messages of the manual.

Also in this series:

Implementation Manual for Developing a National Network of Maternity Units: Improving Emergency Obstetric And Newborn Care (EmONC)

News

A pandemic-born programme bolsters local health systems in Brazil

15 February 2021
Leticia Souza Melo, a 21-year-old expecting her third child, is receiving antenatal care from a UNFPA-supported programme in Santa Cruz do Arari, Pará, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil
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