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In South Sudan camp, midwifery training offers a crucial a lifeline

Marsa Nyaluak and midwife trainee Ana Chuoch David in a displacement camp in Juba, South Sudan. Ms. David was able to save both Ms. Nyaluak and her daughter, Happy, when complications arose during childbirth. Photo credit: UNFPA/Jaime Jacques

07 July 2014

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Women and girls at risk as conflict escalates in Iraq

Siblings take shelter in a school in Duhok Governorate, Iraq, after fleeing recent fighting. Photo credit: UNHCR/S. Baldwin

30 June 2014

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Empowering communities saves women's lives in Tigray, Ethiopia

Mitslal Giday and Beruho Gebrezgi convene a forum for pregnant women in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Photo credit: UNFPA/Abraham Gelaw

02 July 2014

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“Horse-cart of hope” offers critical health-care access to expectant mothers

Chief nurse Mamadou Fall with a UNFPA-provided horse-cart at the health post in Dodel. Photo credit: APANEWS

23 June 2014

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Mobile teams resume reproductive health care in Rakhine, Myanmar

Rahae Na Bagum, 19, holds her 18-month-old baby at Dai Pai Hospital in Rakhine State, in September 2013, before humanitarian staff were evacuated following attacks in March 2014. Photo credit: UNFPA Myanmar

19 June 2014

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Schools for Husbands gaining ground in rural Niger

Community members learn about reproductive health care at a School for Husbands in the Maradi Region of Niger. Photo credit: APANEWS

17 June 2014

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Father Aldo Marchesini and Jhpiego recognized with UN Population Award

Community health worker Ozara Husseini (left) speaks with Najiba, who has five children, about family planning in Katasank, Afghanistan, as part of a Jhpiego-supported programme, in 2010. Photo credit: Kate Holt/Jhpiego

12 June 2014

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Africa launches historic campaign to end child marriage

People attend a rally opposing child marriage in Monrovia, Liberia, in 2012. Photo credit: UN Photo/Emmanuel Tobey

09 June 2014

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Connecting mothers-to-be with health clinics in rural Zambia

Olivia Kaunda (left) relaxes outside the Luvuzi maternity waiting home at the Luvuzi Rural Health Clinic. Photo credit: UNFPA Zambia/Zandonda

04 June 2014

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Investment in midwifery can save millions of lives of women and newborns

03 June 2014

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