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Nepal floods put pregnant women and new mothers at risk

29 August 2017
Babita Rishidev waded for hours in murky floodwaters, carrying her 38-day-old infant. © UNFPA Nepal/Hari Bhusal
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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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Midwifery hotline offers emergency support in Afghanistan

02 August 2017
Expert midwife Tahira Nazari provides support to health workers at the Midwifery Helpline in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ahmadullah Amarkhil
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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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Cursed no more – women in western Ethiopia reject childbirth alone in the bush

28 July 2017
Women participate in a community discussion about ending practices that are harmful to women and girls. In this session, they are talking about child marriage. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Meron Negash
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“I thought I might die”: Pregnant women struggle to access care in embattled Syria

26 July 2017
Ruqayya and her newborn recover at the Pan-Armenian Charity clinic, outside the Al-Areesheh displacement camp in north-eastern Syria. © UNFPA Syria
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Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak puts pregnant women in danger

21 July 2017
Dr. Farea at 22 May Hospital, in Sana’a, checks in on Ibtisam, a pregnant woman with cholera. © UNFPA Yemen
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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
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