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From promise to action: Ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya

29 August 2014

Women await post-natal care at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, one of the 15 counties where maternal death rates are highest. Photo credit: UNFPA Kenya

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In Thailand's refugee camps, shifting attitudes about sexual and reproductive health

16 September 2014

Saba has her blood pressure checked during a consultation with a refugee nurse assistant at a sexual and reproductive health clinic in the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand. Photo credit: UNFPA Thailand

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UNFPA deploys support for women, girls amid mass flight from Iraq’s Sinjar

08 August 2014

UNFPA distributes dignity kits to displaced familieis in Sharia, Iraq. Photo credit: UNFPA Iraq

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Tens of thousands in need of maternal health services in Gaza

07 August 2014

On 25 July 2014, woman stands near rubble in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-1005/El Baba

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African Heads of State, Government, to Speed up Reduction of Maternal Deaths

28 January 2013

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Making family planning a priority in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

01 August 2014

A woman rests with her newborn at a birthing centre outside Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Photo credit: UNFPA Turkmenistan

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UNFPA responds to needs of 36,000 pregnant women displaced in Pakistan

28 July 2014

Thousands of displaced families have been living for years in the Jalozai camp in Pakistan's Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the end of June, military operations in  North Waziristan sent thousands more families into displacement; most of them fled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu District. Photo credit: OCHA

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UNFPA Alarmed Over Devastating Impact of Gaza Violence on Women, Girls

25 July 2014

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Health needs escalate as crisis in Gaza continues

24 July 2014

On 12 July, smoke rises from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during the escalating violence between Israel and Palestine. Photo credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-0909/El Baba