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Empowering communities saves women's lives in Tigray, Ethiopia

02 July 2014
Mitslal Giday and Beruho Gebrezgi convene a forum for pregnant women in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw
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“Horse-cart of hope” offers critical health-care access to expectant mothers

23 June 2014
<p>Chief nurse Mamadou Fall with a UNFPA-provided horse-cart at the health post in Dodel. <i>Photo credit: APANEWS</i> </p>
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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

19 June 2014
Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar
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Schools for Husbands gaining ground in rural Niger

17 June 2014
<p>Community members learn about reproductive health care at a School for Husbands in the Maradi Region of Niger. <i>Photo credit: APANEWS</i> </p>
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Father Aldo Marchesini and Jhpiego recognized with UN Population Award

12 June 2014
<p>Community health worker Ozara Husseini (left) speaks with Najiba, who has five children, about family planning in Katasank, Afghanistan, as part of a Jhpiego-supported programme, in 2010. <i>Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego</i> </p>
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Africa launches historic campaign to end child marriage

09 June 2014
<p>People attend a rally opposing child marriage in Monrovia, Liberia, in 2012. <i>Photo credit: UN Photo/Emmanuel Tobey</i> </p>
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Connecting mothers-to-be with health clinics in rural Zambia

04 June 2014
<p>Olivia Kaunda (left) relaxes outside the Luvuzi maternity waiting home at the Luvuzi Rural Health Clinic. <i>Photo credit: UNFPA Zambia/Zandonda</i> </p>
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Press Release

Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns

03 June 2014
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Midwives could cut maternal, newborn deaths by two thirds, says new State of the World’s Midwifery

03 June 2014
<p>When properly trained and supported, midwives could provide nearly 90 per cent of sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health services needed by women and newborns. Photo credit: <i>Jhpiego/Kate Holt</i> </p>
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Somali midwifery school helps tackle harsh conditions for women

30 May 2014
<p>Midwifery students graduate from the new Mogadishu Midwifery School in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo credit: <i>UNFPA Somalia</i> </p>
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