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Family planning in remote Nepal

July 18, 2018

Mamata Nakal Khadka grew up in rural Nepal. "People used to think that their daughters didn't need to go to school," she told UNFPA. "In my mother's time, there were no contraceptives, so women would have eight, nine or even 10 children."

Ms. Khadka hopes her own life is different. She wants to have only two children, to better focus on their care and to help them achieve their dreams. "I want to see them succeed, and I think family planning will help realize this dream."

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Family planning liberating for women in rural Ethiopia

16 July 2018
Mrs. Belay with her husband, Priest Leul Hunegnaw, in front of their barn. She says contraception has had a liberating effect. © UNFPA Ethiopia
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Balloons, disinfectant, brandy used in attempts to prevent pregnancy

09 July 2018
People still resort to useless, dangerous strategies to prevent pregnancy. In some places, a fruit brandy called Rakija may still be used for this purpose. © UNFPA Bosnia and Herzegovina/Armin Smailovic
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Midwives deployed to remote Afghanistan to lower maternal death rate

10 July 2018
Family health houses are helping midwives provide reproductive health care in far-flung parts of Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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After ‘Volcano of Fire’ eruption, women and girls face heightened risks

05 July 2018
Women and girls require security, health care and other services in the aftermath of the disaster. © UNFPA Guatemala/Carlos Sebastián
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UNFPA doctor on the challenges of reaching Rohingya refugees

July 2, 2018

There are more refugees patients than beds at the Sadar District Hospital in Cox's Bazar, where Rohingya refugees are seeing care. See more here

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Health facilities, safe spaces reinforced as monsoon rains threaten Rohingya refugees

02 July 2018
As the monsoon season hits Cox's Bazar, refugees at Kutapalong refugee camp and elsewhere fear they are vulnerable to landslides. © UNHCR/Adam Dean
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