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Safe pregnancies for displaced mothers as mobile clinics reach deep into Kachin camps

14 May 2019
Without visiting the mobile clinic, Ja Htoi's condition would have gone unnoticed. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Finding a role model amid confinement of Myanmar’s Rohingya camps

31 July 2018
Me Me teaches adolescent girls in the camp about their health and human rights, and helps them understand their own potential. © UNFPA Myanmar
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Health facilities, safe spaces reinforced as monsoon rains threaten Rohingya refugees

02 July 2018
As the monsoon season hits Cox's Bazar, refugees at Kutapalong refugee camp and elsewhere fear they are vulnerable to landslides. © UNHCR/Adam Dean
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Sexual and reproductive health needs immense among Rohingya refugees

29 June 2018
Health workers rush to assist Salima Khatum at the Nayapara refugee camp maternity centre. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Allison Joyce
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Reaching “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar cut off from basic maternal care

11 June 2018
Phu Tu Nee, 19, gave birth with a UNFPA clean delivery kit as the first tropical storm of the monsoon season descended on the camps and villages of “forgotten” Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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First monsoon rains descend on Rohingya refugee camps, omen of challenges ahead

27 April 2018
Early monsoon rains have arrived in Cox's Bazar, reigniting fears about the health and safety of refugees. A refugee woman in a muddy camp in late 2017. © UNFPA/Prince Naymuzzaman
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New generation of women saying: “Not yet”

13 March 2018
Kyae Nai belongs to a new generation of women in Myanmar who are making active choices about the timing of their pregnancies. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Dispatches from the road: UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd on the horrors facing Rohingya refugees

26 February 2018
UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador visits Rohingya refugee women at a women-friendly space in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Six months ago, a massive influx of refugees began to pour into Bangladesh, fleeing the violence in Myanmar. © UNFPA/Lauren Anders Brown
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Life interrupted: Myanmar teen pregnancy points to need for comprehensive sexuality education

25 January 2018
Thiri became pregnant at age 15. A marriage was hastily arranged for her, and she dropped out of school. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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