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Companies reach more than 1 million with family planning information in Philippines

18 July 2018
Phoebe Tamondong, 25, learned about family planning through a UNFPA-supported programme at her company. © UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
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In the Philippines, information key to halting teenage pregnancy

23 March 2018
“We really need more information on sex and reproductive health,” said Kathleen Acosta, 18, a senior and student leader at UP high school in Iloilo. © UNFPA Philippines
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UNFPA, Baby Box Co., help Haitian mothers protect their babies during disasters

20 September 2017
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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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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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With bicycles, impoverished indigenous girls in Guatemala get a taste of freedom

25 April 2017
Indigenous girls in northern Guatemala must often travel great distances to get to school, a factor that leads to high drop out rates. Bicycles help them stay in school. © UNFPA/Alejandro De León
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Workplace family planning project empowers women, and is good business

07 July 2017
When Mae Esparcia returned to work after having a baby, she was able to access contraceptive pills through a workplace family planning programme. ©UNFPA Philippines/Mario Villamor
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Nutrition International and UNFPA partner to improve women and adolescent girls’ health

11 July 2017
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Girls in crisis settings overlooked for life-saving care, say health advocates

20 March 2017
A community leader makes his way to the tent of a pregnant 14-year-old former child bride. “I am worried about the delivery,” said the girl’s father. © UNFPA/David Brunetti
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