News

Fierce winter weather batters displaced Syrians throughout region

20 February 2015
Syrian refugees remove snow from their shelters at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, during a January blizzard. © UNHCR/A. McConnell
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News

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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Press Release

$56 Million Needed to Provide Services in Ebola-affected Countries to Avoid Maternal Death Toll of Civil Wars Years

12 February 2015
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Ebola survivors facing stigma, unemployment, exclusion

03 February 2015
Siah Tamba, an Ebola survivor, now works at the Ebola treatment unit in Sinje, Liberia. She lost her mother, sister and daughter to the illness. © UNMEER/Martine Perret
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News

Amid brutal winter, safe births for Syrian refugees

02 February 2015
Syrian refugees rest in an emergency shelter after their tents collapsed in Zaatari, in northern Jordan, during a violent snowstorm. © UNHCR/B. Szandelszky
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News

Bitter cold hits flood survivors in Nepal

20 January 2015
Flood-affected women of the Betani Village Development Committee, in Banke District, wait to receive dignity kits. © UNFPA Nepal/Hari Karki
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News

Floods hit hundreds of thousands in Southern Africa; women and girls most vulnerable

29 January 2015
People are evacuated by boats in southern Malawi. © UNDAC
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