News

Looming famine threatens the lives of 2 million pregnant women and new mothers in Yemen

09 November 2018
Some 1.1 million pregnant and lactating women are acutely malnourished, heightening the risk of life-threatening complications during pregnancy and labour. © UNFPA Yemen
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Events

2018 International Conference on Family Planning

calendar_today12 November - 15 November 2018

location_onKigali. Rwanda

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Publications

Business Plan: The Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund

Business Plan Phase III, (2018-2022)

Number of pages: 63

Publication date: 19 October 2018

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

One year after Gaza conflict, situation for women and youth remains dire

26 August 2015
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Publications

UNFPA Humanitarian Action Overview 2016

Number of pages: 12

Publication date: 19 May 2016

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

A call to protect women and girls on the move

05 October 2018
Rohingya refugee girls participate in classes on sexual and reproductive health and life skills at a UNFPA-supported safe space in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The space offers a place to connect with peers and gain support, care and knowledge to help them stay healthy and safe amidst the hardships of forced displacement. © UNFPA/Carly Learson
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News

Reaching pregnant women cut off from care in the aftermath of Typhoon Ompong

02 October 2018
Ginalyn Franco was nine months pregnant when the typhoon made landfall, forcing her to trek through treacherous conditions before reaching an evacuation centre. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
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Publications

The State of the World's Midwifery 2011

Delivering Health, Saving Lives

Number of pages: 180

Publication date: 01 January 2011

Author: UNFPA

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

"I was not ready to lose my child"

27 September 2018
A midwife attends to a pregnant woman at UNFPA-supported Al Thawra Hospital in Hodeidah. © UNFPA Yemen
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News

Relief for women facing treacherous journey to medical care in Guinea-Bissau

14 August 2018
UNFPA has built six health facilities in hard-to-reach parts of Guinea-Bissau. Here, a monitoring team digs out of a waterlogged road on their way to a health facility rehabilitation project in Gã-Para. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau
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