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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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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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At least two women each hour fall victim to sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says UNFPA

06 June 2014
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“I will keep very strong”: An Ethiopian girl fights to delay marriage

05 June 2014
Kadiga Mohammed fought her parents' decision to have her marry an older cousin at age 16. Photo credit: Abraham Gelaw
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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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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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In Nigeria, fight against fistula points to problem of early marriage

27 May 2014
A fistula rehabilitation centre in Kano, Nigeria. Photo credit: APANEWS
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Caught in crisis, South Sudanese women learn to plan their families

07 May 2014
<p>Mothers listen to a community health worker talk about family planning in the Tomping camp in Juba, South Sudan. <i>Photo credit: Kenneth Odiwuor</i> </p>
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