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“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in embattled Syria

26 July 2017
Ruqayya and her newborn recover at the Pan-Armenian Charity clinic, outside the Al-Areesheh displacement camp in north-eastern Syria. © UNFPA Syria
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Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak puts pregnant women in danger

21 July 2017
Dr. Farea at 22 May Hospital, in Sana’a, checks in on Ibtisam, a pregnant woman with cholera. © UNFPA Yemen
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Contraceptives a game changer for crisis-affected women in northern Nigeria

14 June 2017
Access to contraceptives helped Hajja Fati finish her education. © UNFPA Nigeria/Kori Habib
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For many women in Ukraine, escape from conflict not an escape from violence

07 June 2017
UNFPA mobile teams have reached thousands of survivors of gender-based violence in Ukraine. © UNFPA/Maks Levin
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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system

19 June 2017
Midwifery students listen to a fetal heartbeat. A new generation of midwives will shore up reproductive health care in Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone. © Olivia Acland, United Nations
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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #57 1-31 May 2017

Resource date: 31 May 2017

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #56 1-30 April 2017

Resource date: 30 April 2017

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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Counsellors reach out to Kachin communities to end gender violence

23 May 2017
The staff at the Women's and Girls' Centre in Waing Maw, in Myanmar, are working with communities to stop gender-based violence. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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Regional Situation Report for Syria Crisis #55 1-31 March 2017

Resource date: 31 March 2017

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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This Mother’s Day, remembering the joys – and dangers – of motherhood

12 May 2017
Fatima holds her newborn son, Jad, as she speaks to an aid worker. Displaced by the Syrian conflict, Fatima grew increasingly frail during her pregnancy. © WFP/Hussam Al Saleh
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