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Hungry and Homeless: Pregnant Women Seek Safe Births in Devastated City

20 January 2010
Chief nurse Marlene Dejean Gaudent and obstetrician Francois Clauden Maxcene helped deliver babies at the Hospital General's maternity ward Tuesday. Photo: Carina Wint/UNFPA.
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Waiting to Give Birth Among Rubble and Disaster Victims

16 January 2010
Bird's eye view of a neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, devastated by the 12 January earthquake. Photo:Trygve Olfarnes-UNFPA
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Press Release

Appeal Launched for Emergency Assistance to Thousands of Pregnant Women at High Risk in Haiti

15 January 2010
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News

Scaling Up Access to Family Planning in Southern Ethiopia

11 January 2010
A nurse supervisor training health extension workers on contraceptive insertion. Photo : Abraham Gelaw/UNFPA.
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News

Joint Programme Aims to Scale Up Efforts on Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia

07 January 2010
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News

Funding Gaps, High Fertility and Child Marriage Thwart Efforts to Reduce Maternal Mortality in DRC

06 January 2010
Pregnency remains dangerous in the DRC. Four women die there every hour from complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Photo:Micah Albert
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News

Village Health Educators in Thailand Help Prevent Minority Mothers' Deaths

30 December 2009
Village health workers exchange views at meeting in Mae Sa Reang. Photo:Thitiporn Winijmongkolsin.
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News

Family Planning is Helping to Save Mothers' Lives in Guinea-Bissau

28 December 2009
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Statement

Promoting Maternal Health and Empowerment of Women in Diverse Cultural and Religious Settings

02 December 2009
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News

Shelter from the Storm: Escaping from Gender Violence in Ethiopia

07 December 2009
Talkwando training builds confidence of women who seek refuge at the shelter and gives them skills to defend themselves.
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