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Refugees’ and migrants’ reproductive health needs overlooked

14 September 2016
Global leaders are set to meet next week at the first-ever Summit on Migrants and Refugees. At stake are the rights, health and well-being of hundreds of millions of migrants and tens of millions of refugees. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab
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Refugee mother and daughter fight rocketing rates of child marriage

08 September 2016
Saba and her mother speak out against child marriage, encouraging families to educate their daughters instead. © UNFPA Jordan/Sima Diab
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Once frowned on, family planning offers a lifeline in South Sudan

31 August 2016
UNFPA is helping to educate women about family planning options. © UNFPA/Annette Poni
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Flood relief in Myanmar includes family planning supplies

31 August 2016
Phoo Ngun, her husband Zaw Moe and their two daughters in the flood-devastated Ayayawady Region. Family planning supplies will help flood-affected women recover without worrying about unplanned pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Giving birth amid Boko Haram insurgency; UNFPA reaching millions with care

29 August 2016
A nurse and a survivor of the Boko Haram insurgency at an antenatal check-up. UNFPA has provided the clinic, at the GGSS displacement camp, with reproductive health kits, clean delivery kits and dignity kits. © UNFPA Nigeria
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Haitian women felled by preventable cancer; simple test to save lives

26 August 2016
A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides free cervical cancer screenings, in addition to a host of obstetric and newborn services. Early detection and treatment will save lives. © Jared Chambers
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In July 2016, UNFPA reached thousands of women and girls in Syria with critically needed support. 

 

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Escape from Fallujah: Pregnant residents describe life on the run from ISIL

19 August 2016
Dignity kits are distributed in a camp in Amiriyat Fallujah. © Tajdid NGO
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