Free maternal services are a lifeline to expectant mothers in Yemen
DHAMAR GOVERNORATE and AL-MAHWIT GOVERNORATE, Yemen –On her way to the health centre to give birth, Hailah almost fell off the back of a borrowed motorbike – twice. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 24, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
A 12-hour walk at 7 months pregnant: Escape from the horrors of war in Ukraine
CHI ŞINĂU, Republic of Moldova –“Nobody cared that I was pregnant and tugging my daughter along. I can’t be angry at those who didn’t stop for us though. Most of the cars were full. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
More than $250 million needed to sustain humanitarian response for women and girls in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan– “I had a miscarriage and my two-year-old daughter got sick,” Anisa* recalled after her local health facility stopped providing maternal and newborn health services. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
More than $250 million needed to sustain humanitarian response in Afghanistan
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Source: UNFPA News - March 17, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In a deadly typhoon ’s wake, a women-led mobile facility meets sexual and reproductive health needs
SAINT BERNARD, Southern Leyte, Philippines– A new mobile sexual and reproductive health clinic has been deployed to the devastated province of Southern Leyte following December’s Typhoon Rai/Odette, (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Attending to the sexual and reproductive health needs of refugees from Ukraine
CHI ŞINĂU, Republic of Moldova – “If I wasn't so scared there, I wouldn’t think of leaving my country,” said Maria Voinska, who fled Odessa when Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 12, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In her words: Air raid sirens, a baby ’s first cry. Giving birth during war in Ukraine
Mariia Shostak is a 25-year-old woman living in Kyiv who started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Women and youth take climate action in Malawi
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Source: UNFPA News - March 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In her words: “Above my house, I saw a burning missile.” An expectant mother seeks safety in the Republic of Moldova
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Source: UNFPA News - March 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
In her words: Air raid sirens, a baby ’s first cry. Giving birth during conflict in Ukraine
Mariia Shostak is a 25-year-old woman living in Kyiv who started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched a military offensive in Ukraine. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Maternal and reproductive health-care crisis in Ethiopia
KONSO, Ethiopia - “I was discharged from the health facility after the stillbirth of my baby without any medication or treatment. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - March 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Pregnant women ’s needs grow as Tropical Storm Ana wreaks havoc in southern Malawi
NSANJE DISTRICT, Malawi –“The prospect of another cyclone was scary,” said Monica, who lives in Mbenje in Malawi’s Nsanje District. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - February 16, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
For two indigenous girls in Guatemala, early unions spell the end of dreams
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Source: UNFPA News - February 14, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Reproductive health needs in Mozambique a priority after Tropical Storm Ana
ZAMBEZIA PROVINCE, Mozambique – The country may have been spared by Tropical Cyclone Batsirai but it is still reeling from the devastating impacts of Tropical Storm Ana. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - February 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Girls in Sudan are coding their way to a brighter future
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Source: UNFPA News - February 9, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
