For most vulnerable Nigerian women, high rates of traumatic birth injury

16 November 2017

Women and girls are waiting for a fistula repair at Maiduguri’s State Specialist Hospital © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA

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In Cambodia, push to end maternal deaths in remote areas

08 November 2017

Romam Pchuek reaches out to pregnant women in Ratanakiri, encouraging them to seek appropriate care. © UNFPA/ Matthew Taylor

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Cholera poses grave risks to pregnant women in conflict-affected Nigeria

25 September 2017

Yana Duka is one of 35 cholera patients in a provisional health facility in Muna camp. She lost her pregnancy after falling ill. © UNFPA/Anne Wittenberg

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“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge

05 September 2017

Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang speaks with a midwife during her antenatal check-up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano

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Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

15 August 2017

Yveka, 17, visits a midwife during the mobile clinic. © UNFPA

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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

10 August 2017

Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin

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In Bangladesh’s tea gardens, saving mothers and newborns

11 July 2017

Anjana rests with her newborn baby in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. Both mother and baby survived an obstructed labour, thanks to the intervention of a midwife. © CIPRB/Animesh Biswas

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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

One year after Ebola’s end, a look at the needs of women and girls

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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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