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Student midwives prepare to save lives in rural Bangladesh

01 May 2015
Midwifery student Selina Akter plays the role of a mother as students practice post-natal care at the Dinajpur Nursing Institute in northern Bangladesh. © Nicolas Axelrod / Ruom for UNFPA
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New estimates show 126,000 pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

29 April 2015
Earthquake survivors survey the damage in Bungmati, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. © UNFPA Nepal/Santosh Chhetri
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Bringing lifesaving reproductive health care to remote Mozambique

27 April 2015
Constangelina Basílio with her son, Magalhães. Ms. Basílio nearly died while giving birth to Magalhães. She now works as a community health activist. © UNFPA/Amancio Vilankulos
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Tens of thousands of pregnant women affected by Nepal quake

27 April 2015
A mother tends to a child injured in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal. UNFPA’s initial estimates indicate over 50,000 pregnant women and girls could be affected. © UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1013/Nybo
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Up a tree and eight months pregnant: A woman’s ordeal in the Malawi floods

23 April 2015
Alimanda holds her two-week old daughter in the Marka Camp in Malawi. During the floods, she and her children were rescued from a tree. Six weeks later, she gave birth on her way to a health centre. © UNFPA/Jayne Chisenga
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3,000th baby born at UNFPA-supported clinic in Zaatari refugee camp

20 April 2015
Baby Obada was the 3,000th safe delivery at a UNFPA-supported clinic in Zaatari, the sprawling refugee camp in Syria. © JHAS/UNFPA
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Putting human rights at the heart of reproductive health

17 April 2015
A new mother attends a culturally sensitive counselling session at the Jose Domingo De Obaldia Hospital in David, Panama. © UNFPA/Guadalupe Valdes
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High Level Event on CARMMA

April 14, 2015

High level event on CARMMA at the AU Summit

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Religious leaders pledge to fight maternal mortality in Kenya

02 April 2015
A woman with her infant in Wajir, Kenya. Religious leaders have committed to work towards ending preventable maternal deaths in the 15 counties with the highest maternal mortality rates. © UNFPA Kenya
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Meeting reproductive health needs in the wake of Cyclone Pam

01 April 2015
Women wait for reproductive health services in Fresh Wind Ohlem, outside Port Vila, Vanuatu. The turnout was more than twice what outreach workers expected. © UNFPA/Ariela Zibiah
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