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Health experts call for renewed focus on maternal, child deaths

27 October 2015

Preventable maternal and newborn deaths continue to plague much of the world. Women and their newborns wait for care at a UNFPA-supported health centre in Haiti. © Jared Chambers

Sub-Regional Office Director/Representative

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S/he leads and motivates the UNFPA team in the development of innovative, relevant approaches for engagement on issues related to population and development, sexual and reproductive health and gender.

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Grim but essential, autopsies are saving lives in Bangladesh

20 October 2015

Asta Banu and her sister-in-law, Mos Dilifa Begum, work with Gulam Mostafa on a verbal autopsy. Learning the cause of Ms. Banu's son's death could help spare others the same fate. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

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Before it’s too late: Doctors take on one of the deadliest places for women

16 October 2015

In Kelo, Chad, Dr. Youssifou Savadogo shows a class of nurses and midwives how to identify and address labour complications. © UNFPA/Ollivier Girard

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“Never, ever” again – a former circumciser calls for an end to FGM

14 October 2015

Asiya, a former circumciser, now urges community members to abandon FGM. © UNFPA Ethiopia

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In Cambodia, family planning offers a path away from poverty

16 September 2015

Midwife Chanduong Rotha speaks to So Pumngea about family planning at the Orrusei Health Center in Kratie Province. Ms. So says family planning is an important way to help her family emerge from poverty. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

Publications

Maternal Health Thematic Fund: Annual Report 2014

Improving maternal health: Surging towards the 2015 deadline

Number of pages: 75

Publication date: 04 September 2015

Author: UNFPA

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Family planning fair dispels rumours, empowers women

21 July 2015

Patricia, 23, arrived at the fair knowing very little about contraception. But she was intrigued. "I do not want to have more children now because I do not have the means to support them," she said. © UNFPA WCARO

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After months adrift at sea, migrants receive critical care in Indonesia

09 July 2015

Refugees at a temporary shelter in Aceh, Indonesia. They are part of a group of migrants who spent months on a boat, adrift at sea. © UNFPA Indonesia/Sandra Siagian

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Clinic helps end dangerous traditional practices in rural Bangladesh

06 July 2015

Mousomi Rani and her baby, Joni, receive post-natal care at the local clinic. Health staff are working to help community members abandon harmful practices and embrace modern maternal care. © Nicolas Axelrod/Ruom for UNFPA

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