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If Childbirth Isn't Hard Enough, Add an Earthquake and a Typhoon

15 November 2013
<p>A pregnant mother overlooks the ruins of Tacloban City after Category 5 Typhoon Haiyan left central Philippines almost completely flattened. <i>Photo &copy; UNFPA Philippines</i> </p>

National Public Radio (NPR) – NPR talks with Dr. Angelito Umali, maternal health officer for UNFPA in the Philippines, who is on the island province of Bohol. The UNFPA is addressing maternal health concerns following the October 15 earthquake that destroyed much of Bohol, and added complications brought on by Typhoon Haiyan.

Listen to the complete interview with NPR host Audie Cornish for All Things Considered.

Press Release

World Bank Group, UNFPA, Pledge to Improve Maternal and Reproductive Health of Women and Adolescent Girls in Africa’s Sahel Region

11 November 2013
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News

A New Midwifery School Brings Hope to Haitian Mothers

06 November 2013
Classes have begun at the new National Midwifery School in Port-Au-Prince, housed in a new earthquake-resistant building following the devastating quake that hit Haiti in January 2010. UNFPA
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News

State of World Population 2013 Launches Worldwide

31 October 2013
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Press Release

More than 7 Million Girls in Poor Countries Give Birth Before 18 Each Year, Finds New UNFPA Report

30 October 2013
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News

Graduating Health Pioneers in the World’s Youngest Country

21 October 2013
<p>Newly graduated midwives and nurses celebrate as they obtain their diplomas from the Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery in South Sudan. <i>Photo: &copy; UNFPA/South Sudan</i> </p>
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In the News

Too Young to Wed: Indian Girls Say No to Child Marriage

14 October 2013
<p>"If I would get married it would not feel good," says Naaku Maayida, 15. "With marriage, children happen, I would have to do the home chores, I would have to fetch water. My parents were illiterate when they had kids." <i>Photo &copy; Stephanie Sinclair/VII/Tooyoungtowed.org</i> </p>
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Opinion

Keep Women and Girls at the Heart of Development

11 October 2013
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In the News

Giving birth in the DRC – in pictures

08 October 2013
<p>Dr Along Diana Andersen does the rounds, together with nurses, examining post- and prenatal patients in the maternity ward of Mosango hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. <i>Photo: &copy; Sven Torfinn/Panos/H4+</i> </p>
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News

A First Birthday Far Away from Home

04 October 2013
<p>"Thank God. Although we are in a shelter, his health is very good and I bring him to the clinic with me from time to time," says Rawdah Shalabi, mother of Abdullah who just turned one in the Cyber City refugee complex in Jordan. Above, Rawdah with Abdullah last year (left) and today (right). <i>Photos: &copy;UNFPA and &copy;Ra&rsquo;d Adayleh</i> </p>
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