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Stay and deliver: Saving lives under gunfire in Juba

26 July 2016
A mother and baby in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2015. When violence erupted days before the fifth anniversary of South Sudan's independence, heroic midwives stood their ground to save lives. © UNFPA/Amadou Baraze Elh Nakaka
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Poverty, inequality at the heart of the Zika outbreak

21 July 2016
Greicy Alves with her son, Gabriel, who has microcephaly. Ms. Alves was diagnosed with Zika in her first trimester. Marginalized women are disproportionately affected by the outbreak. © UNFPA/Tatiana Almeida
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Getting help to nomad moms on the move in West Darfur

12 July 2016
Zahra Zakaria was in labour for three days in a tent in West Darfur. A Caesarean section saved her and her son. © UNFPA
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Young volunteers meet critical reproductive health needs in Liberia

01 July 2016
Volunteer James S. Yangbie leads a discussion at the health club he started at Kaytoken Junior High. Talented youth volunteers are meeting reproductive health needs in Liberia, where conflict and the Ebola epidemic had left the health system shattered. © UNFPA/Ruth Fertig
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Amid war devastation, Central African youth become agents of peace

30 June 2016
United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi speaks to a group of peer educators in the Central African Republic. The peer educators are spreading messages of peace in their community. © UNFPA/CAR
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Thousands of pregnant women displaced by Boko Haram in Niger

28 June 2016
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced following attacks by Boko Haram. UNFPA estimates 3,000 displaced women and girls are pregnant and in urgent need of assistance. © UNFPA
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"Best friends" save women’s lives in war-weary Central African Republic

20 June 2016
Women work together on a building project in the Central African Republic. "Ita Ouali" means "my best friend." © UNFPA
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Caring for the crisis-affected mothers of Quneitra, Syria

13 June 2016
Women recover in the UNFPA-supported hospital in Quneitra. Over 600 babies were born there in the first quarter of 2016. © UNFPA/a UNFPA partner organization
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