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The Maternal Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2016

Towards Equality in Access, Quality of Care and Accountability

Number of pages: 70

Publication date: 31 July 2017

Author: UNFPA

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Alarming shortage of health personnel in conflict-affected Nigeria

29 August 2017
Midwife Hauwa Lassa (third from left) shows colleagues how to use UNFPA-supplied equipment to safely deliver babies. © Anne Wittenberg/UNFPA
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Nepal floods put pregnant women and new mothers at risk

29 August 2017
Babita Rishidev waded for hours in murky floodwaters, carrying her 38-day-old infant. © UNFPA Nepal/Hari Bhusal
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Men in rural Ethiopia show that family planning is not just a women’s issue

28 August 2017
Sileshi Deguale recounts his story, explaining why family planning was the right choice for himself and his wife. © UNFPA Ethiopia
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Mobile clinics deliver essential care to women and girls in remote Haiti

15 August 2017
Yveka, 17, visits a midwife during the mobile clinic. © UNFPA
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Over 10,000 women and girls reached in disaster-affected Peru

18 August 2017
Women and girls face some of the greatest challenges, including the threat of dengue fever and Zika to pregnant women, barriers to family planning, and increased risk of gender-based violence. © UNFPA Peru/Juan Pablo Casapia
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For many girls, school holidays means FGM “cutting season”

10 August 2017
Asha Ali Ibrahim, a local circumciser, with her granddaughter, who is due to be cut this year. © UNFPA/Georgina Goodwin
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Teen pregnancies, and attendant health risks, a major concern in El Salvador

03 August 2017
Globally, pregnancy-related complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15 to 19. Photograph by Lucy Tomasino
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