When Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on 4 October, it caused the worse devastation since the 2010 earthquake. UNFPA is assessing the needs of affected women and girls, and is providing care, support and assistance.
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Midwives saving lives in hurricane-devastated Haiti
28 November 20161
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Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti
04 November 20161
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Rural Haiti slammed by Hurricane Matthew
October 28, 2016Rural Haiti is hard to reach. Women and girls there need reproductive health care. Without urgent action, maternal deaths will rise, and vulnerability to sexual violence will increase.
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What happens when a hurricane hits a hospital
October 28, 2016See what happens when a hurricane hits a hospital. Beaumont Hospital, in Haiti, was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.
Some 13,000 women will give birth in hurricane-affected areas in the next three months. Thousands of them will experience complications. Without urgent action, maternal death rates will rise.
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Health facilities devastated in Hurricane Matthew: “I couldn’t have left the women there to die”
25 October 20161