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Good morning, Chad: Radio breaks down barriers to sexual and reproductive health

13 May 2015
UNFPA maternal health expert Olivier Moalloum is interviewed by Radio Tob, in Mandoul Region, Chad. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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Midwives could help avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

04 May 2015
Abissdoum Charlotte, 26, with her 7-week-old triplets, Morouta, Nasifaté and Nasif. She is receiving post-natal and newborn care at the Cooperative Clinic of Sikecoudji, in Cotonou, Benin. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard
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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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Going the last mile for family planning in Lao People's Democratic Republic

April 10, 2015

In Lao People's Democratic Republic, a UNFPA-supported programme is bringing contraceptives and reproductive counselling to women in even the most remote villages. Learn more here. 

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Vanuatu’s Cyclone Pam highlights need for access to family planning

08 April 2015
Katherine Silas received a long-lasting contraceptive implant from Nurse Julienne Aru at the Vanuatu Family Health Association in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam. The disaster has increased demand for sexual and reproductive health services. © UNFPA/Ariela Zibiah
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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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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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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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