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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

28 July 2017
Women participate in a community discussion about ending practices that are harmful to women and girls. In this session, they are talking about child marriage. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash
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“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in embattled Syria

26 July 2017
Ruqayya and her newborn recover at the Pan-Armenian Charity clinic, outside the Al-Areesheh displacement camp in north-eastern Syria. © UNFPA Syria
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To secure a better future, teens in Sierra Leone look to family planning

10 July 2017
Aminata Kabba became pregnant at 15. She says she wishes she had known about family planning. © MSSL
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Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak puts pregnant women in danger

21 July 2017
Dr. Farea at 22 May Hospital, in Sana’a, checks in on Ibtisam, a pregnant woman with cholera. © UNFPA Yemen
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After devastating birth injuries, 33 women’s lives transformed

14 July 2017
A young woman at a fistula-repair campaign in Batouri, Cameroon. Obstetric fistula is a life-altering childbirth injury that afflicts the world's most marginalized women. But it can be repaired – and prevented. © UNFPA Cameroon/Olive Bonga
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Leaders around the world commit support for voluntary family planning

14 July 2017
Kate and Samuel Opio with their twins at Inomo Health Centre III, in Uganda's Apac District. They now plan to use a modern contraceptive method. © UNFPA/Prossy Jonker Nakanjako
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H6 Partnership Annual Report 2016

Harnessing the collective strengths of the UN system to improve the health of women, children and adolescents everywhere

Number of pages: 125

Publication date: 15 June 2017

Publisher: UNFPA on behalf of H6

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Midwives offer care, dignity and a lifeline for Haiti's mothers

04 May 2017
"We are rewarded when we hear the newborn’s cry and see the mother’s smile," said midwife Résia Pierre Pierre (right). © UNFPA Haiti
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One year after Ebola’s end, Sierra Leone's midwives help mend health system

19 June 2017
Midwifery students listen to a fetal heartbeat. A new generation of midwives will shore up reproductive health care in Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone. © Olivia Acland, United Nations
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