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Leaders pledge to help end preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths within a generation

26 September 2014
Munira Sha'ban, a renowned Jordanian midwife, speaks at a high-level UN event on improving the survival of women, newborns and children. Beside her are Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Chinese diplomacy leader Li Xiaolin, and Special Envoy for Financing the Health Millennium Development Goals and For Malaria Ray Chambers. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN Foundation
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Bearing witness to a revolution in women’s health and rights

01 October 2014
Munira Sha'ban, Jordan's celebrated midwife (centre), with UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin and UNFPA Director Dianne Stewart. Photo credit: UNFPA/Omar Kasrawi
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Serving Syrian refugee women amid Iraq's escalating crisis

26 August 2014
UNFPA staff distribute dignity kits, containing essential hygiene supplies, to women in Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA/Veronica Njikho
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Quadruplets born in rural DRC, with help of emergency obstetric programme

15 August 2014
Quadruplets born at a UNFPA-supported hospital in Niania, DRC. Photo credit: UNFPA DRC
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