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Bringing lifesaving reproductive health care to remote Mozambique

27 April 2015
Constangelina Basílio with her son, Magalhães. Ms. Basílio nearly died while giving birth to Magalhães. She now works as a community health activist. © UNFPA/Amancio Vilankulos
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Up a tree and eight months pregnant: A woman’s ordeal in the Malawi floods

23 April 2015
Alimanda holds her two-week old daughter in the Marka Camp in Malawi. During the floods, she and her children were rescued from a tree. Six weeks later, she gave birth on her way to a health centre. © UNFPA/Jayne Chisenga
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Flooding, landslides devastate Muhuta, Burundi

16 April 2015
Residents wait for assistance after deadly mudslides in Muhuta, Burundi. © UNFPA/Janvier Ndizeye
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Religious leaders pledge to fight maternal mortality in Kenya

02 April 2015
A woman with her infant in Wajir, Kenya. Religious leaders have committed to work towards ending preventable maternal deaths in the 15 counties with the highest maternal mortality rates. © UNFPA Kenya
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Safe spaces offer crucial services to women displaced by Malawi’s floods

17 March 2015
Women breastfeed outside a UNFPA-supported safe space at Mpasa camp, in Phalombe, Malawi. The safe space offers counselling and services for survivors of gender-based violence, and also provides recreational and skill-building activities for women and girls. © UNFPA Malawi
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The security situation while generally calm remained tense and highly fragile in some parts of the country. Humanitarian needs remain high in Protection of Civilian and Internally Displaced Person camp sites. Partners continued prepositioning commodities in remote areas to ensure delivery of services during the rainy season. UNFPA continued providing coordination to reproductive health working group and gender-based violence sub-cluster with meetings with stake-holders taking place in a regular basis within all the humanitarian hubs.

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Recognizing an unsung hero – the ambulance driver

16 February 2015
Chris Kwikiriza, a midwife, checks on an expectant mother at the Biira Health Centre, in the Boroli refugee settlement in Uganda. A UNFPA-supported ambulance is helping to ensure women in labour are able to deliver under the care of skilled birth attendants. © UNFPA/Eveyln Kiapi
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