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Breaking the Silence

Resource date: 25 June 2015

Author: UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub

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The wait is over for safe births in rural Cambodia

22 June 2015
Senior midwife Yan Yan Phearen gives an antenatal exam to Net Pheak at the Waiting House for Pregnant Women with Complications, in Kratie, Cambodia. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA
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In remote Mongolia, telemedicine connects pregnant women to faraway care

19 June 2015
Altanchimeg, a midwife, delivers a baby in Ulaanbataar, the capital. She provides expert advice to provincial hospitals around Mongolia through the Telemedicine Network. © UNFPA Mongolia/Tim Jenkins
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Male midwife champions safe motherhood for South Sudan refugees

17 June 2015
Midwife Chris Kwikiriza gives a dignity kit, containing hygiene supplies, to a mother and her newborn at Biira Health Centre, near the Boroli refugee settlement. Despite widespread reluctance to use health facilities and male midwives, Mr. Kwikirize has become one of the most trusted midwives in the area. © UNFPA/Evelyn Kiapi
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Relief workers in Nepal race to beat monsoon rains

15 June 2015
Nangsal Tamang, Kalpana Tamang, and Dawa Deki Tamang, all from Hakku Village, receive care at a mobile reproductive health camp in Rasuwa District. © UNFPA Nepal
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Safe birth for Burundi refugees in Rwanda

11 June 2015
Midwife Philomene Nyirahabiyaremye (left) attends to Evelyne Kamurera (centre) and Chantal Uwamahoro (right) and their newborns in the maternity ward at Mahama Refugee Camp. She assists at least three deliveries every day. © UNFPA Rwanda/David Ssekyanzi
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Mobile camps bring life-saving care to Nepal's quake-affected

02 June 2015
Women at a mobile reproductive health camp in Dhunkharka Village Development Committee, Kavre District. © UNFPA Nepal
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UNFPA's Nepal earthquake response

Resource date: 30 September 2015

Author: UNFPA

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One month after Nepal's quake, needs of women, girls still enormous

26 May 2015
Mobile reproductive health camps like this one, in Kavre District, are reaching thousands with life-saving health care, counselling and health information. © UNFPA Nepal
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Burundi refugees giving birth in unsafe conditions

25 May 2015
Tens of thousands of Burundian refugees are seeking shelter in Tanzania. On their way to safety, women are giving birth in unsafe conditions. Hundreds of cases of gender-based violence have been reported. © UNFPA Tanzania/Sawiche Wamunza
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