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Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Health Challenge

18 Sep 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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New device brings midwifery education to remote, offline communities

07 December 2016
Gebreamlak Giday teaches women about maintaining a healthy pregnancy, using a portable, solar-charged learning device. © UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw
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