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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”

25 October 2016
Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, unleashing the greatest devastation the country has seen since the 2010 earthquake. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright
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Giving girls a voice in Zika-affected communities

21 October 2016
Barbara, Jocelly and Maria Eduarda after attending a reproductive health seminar in Goiana, Brazil. © UNFPA Brazil/Tatiana Almeida
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10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

October 21, 2016
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State of World Population 2016

10: How our future depends on a girl at this decisive age

Number of pages: 116

Publication date: 20 October 2016

Author: UNFPA

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UNFPA State of World Population 2016

20 October 2016
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For busy garment workers in Lesotho, health care comes on wheels

18 October 2016
’Mantina Mphohle receiving health services inside a new mobile clinic, near the factory where she works. © UNFPA Lesotho
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The power of 10: Ten astonishing facts about 10-year-old girls

20 October 2016
Temawelase is a sixth-grader in rural Swaziland. Whether the world is able to achieve its development goals depends, in large part, on her fate and the fate of girls like her. ©UNFPA/Barcroft Media/Mark Lewis
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Stunning plunge in maternal deaths recorded in Maldives

12 October 2016
Joint UN estimates indicate the Maldives has seen a 90 per cent decline in maternal mortality since 1990. © UNFPA/Shahina Ali
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Fifty years after a terrible childbirth injury, Kenyan woman gets a new lease on life

10 October 2016
Jumwa Kabibu Kai, 77, with Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi, at an event raising awareness about fistula. © UNFPA Kenya/Douglas Waudo
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After harrowing escape, South Sudan woman welcomes healthy twins

04 October 2016
Nyador Dagey with her newborn twins in a UNFPA-supported clinic in Bentiu. © UNFPA South Sudan/Michael Gatluak Tuok
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