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As Syrian crisis drags into fifth year, pregnant women caught in the middle

31 March 2015
A mother and her newborn in Syria. UNFPA estimates half a million women in Syria are pregnant and affected by the crisis, which is entering its fifth year. © UNFPA Syria
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Going the last mile to provide family planning in Lao People's Democratic Republic

03 March 2015
Laipong and Tongdam Kongwan receive family planning information and services from Bounthone Kongphongma, a community health volunteer, in the remote village of Lao Luang. © UNFPA/Micka Perier
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Bringing family planning and maternal health services to rural Tajikistan

24 March 2015
Mavluda Bobokalonova, director of the Rasht Reproductive Health Centre, provides a check-up and reproductive health counselling to a local woman. © UNFPA Tajikistan/Nozim Kalandarov
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Cyclone Pam cripples sexual and reproductive health services in Vanuatu

20 March 2015
Cyclone damage at the hospital compound in Port Vila. © UNFPA/Claire Davies
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Thousands of pregnant women require care in cyclone-slammed Vanuatu

17 March 2015
Thousands have been affected by the destruction caused by Cyclone Pam. A woman and child on the road to Mele, near Port Vila, the capital. © UNICEF/UNI181138/Crumb
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H4+

March 12, 2015

Around the world, over 280,000 women die every year from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. Six United Nations agencies have come together in a joint effort called H4+, to reduce child and maternal mortality rates and ensure that all mothers and children have access to the best possible care to enable them to live healthy, productive lives. 

The H4+ partnership includes UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank.
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Message on the occasion of International Women’s Day: Beijing at 20

08 March 2015
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Slashing Haiti’s maternal and infant death rates, one delivery at a time

26 February 2015
A UNFPA-supported clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, provides antenatal care, safe delivery, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, and many other life-saving services for women and their newborns. © Jared Chambers
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Fierce winter weather batters displaced Syrians throughout region

20 February 2015
Syrian refugees remove snow from their shelters at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, during a January blizzard. © UNHCR/A. McConnell
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Tackling fallen uterus and its causes in rural Ethiopia

18 February 2015
Surgeons at the Assosa Referral Hospital perform a uterine prolapse surgery. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Abraham Gelaw
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