News

Largest humanitarian aid delivery reaches tens of thousands in Mosul

09 December 2016
For the first time in over two weeks, security conditions permitted humanitarian groups to access eastern Mosul. © UNICEF Iraq/2016/Khuzaie
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News

New device brings midwifery education to remote, offline communities

07 December 2016
Gebreamlak Giday teaches women about maintaining a healthy pregnancy, using a portable, solar-charged learning device. © UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw
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News

Midwives saving lives in hurricane-devastated Haiti

28 November 2016
The hospital in Beaumont was completely destroyed by Hurricane Matthew. Midwives have been deployed to serve women in areas where health systems have been devastated. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright
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News

Communities in the Amazon band together to save pregnant women

14 November 2016
Dr. José Luis Palma Vélez aboard the "Health Canoe," a water ambulance that transports pregnant women to the nearest health centre. © UNFPA/Jose Antonio Guayasamin
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News

Return of Chibok girls highlights needs of women and girls

10 November 2016
Women and girls are at risk in Boko Haram-affected areas. © OCHA/Ó. Fagan
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News

Risks to women and girls soar in hurricane-slammed Haiti

04 November 2016
Urgent action is required to protect the lives of thousands of women and girls. © UNFPA/Eddie Wright
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News

Women’s health needs critical as battle for Mosul intensifies

03 November 2016
A displaced family walks under a sky blackened by burning oil wells in Qayyarah, south of Mosul. Nineteen oil wells were set ablaze as ISIL retreated from the area. © OCHA/ Themba Linden
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Publications

H6 Annual Report 2015

2015 annual report of the H6 Joint Programme, with the collaboration of Canada and Sweden

Number of pages: 112

Publication date: 01 November 2016

Author: UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, UNAIDS, WHO

Publisher: UNFPA

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Video

Rural Haiti slammed by Hurricane Matthew

October 28, 2016

Rural Haiti is hard to reach. Women and girls there need reproductive health care. Without urgent action, maternal deaths will rise, and vulnerability to sexual violence will increase. 

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What happens when a hurricane hits a hospital

October 28, 2016

See what happens when a hurricane hits a hospital. Beaumont Hospital, in Haiti, was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.

Some 13,000 women will give birth in hurricane-affected areas in the next three months. Thousands of them will experience complications. Without urgent action, maternal death rates will rise.

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