News
In the West Bank, mobile healthcare teams are a lifeline amid crisis
- 04 November 2024
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Healthcare under fire in the Middle East
A mother and daughter receive hygiene kits at a school serving as a shelter in Lebanon.
© UNFPA Lebanon/Anastacia Hajj
31 October 2024
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Mass displacement of pregnant women requires mobilization of maternal health services in Lebanon, Syria
- 30 October 2024
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Publication
Making the Invisible Visible: Why disability matters in violence against women and bodily autonomy
Publication date: 01 Dec 2024
Publisher: UNFPA
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News
UNFPA supports stepped-up efforts to prevent adolescent pregnancy in Zimbabwe
- 16 October 2024
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News
Attacked, understaffed, underfunded: Healthcare shortages endanger pregnant women in north-west Syria
- 23 October 2024
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In Sudan, city’s last remaining hospital shelled: “We need support now”
- 28 October 2024
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Midwives are delivering babies safely in remote areas of Bangladesh
Published on: 23/10/2024
During her recent visit to Bangladesh, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem met three young women who are helping mothers deliver their babies safely in the district of Gaibandha, in the far northwest of the country.
In this video, she explains how midwives are making a difference in this remote area, with support from UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.
Learn more about how UNFPA supports midwifery around the world.
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Annual Report
Maternal and Newborn Health Thematic Fund Annual Report 2023
Publication date: 01 Aug 2024
Publisher: UNFPA
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